Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : PETE

ᴱ√PETE root. “*knock, hammer”

⚠️ᴱ√PETE root. “*knock, hammer”: √TAM “construct; [ᴹ√] knock, [ᴱ√] beat; smelt, forge”; ᴹ√(N)DAM “hammer, beat”

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. penta “nose, beak (probably of such birds as woodpeckers)”, ᴱQ. pete- “knock, strike”, and ᴱQ. petl “hammer” (QL/73). Later nose, knock and hammer words were derived from other roots.

References ✧ QL/72-73

PATA¹ cp. PETE ✧ QL/72

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. ‽penta “nose, beak (probably of such birds as woodpeckers)” ✧ QL/73
> ᴱQ. pete- “to knock, strike” ✧ QL/73
> ᴱQ. petl “hammer” ✧ QL/73