Eldamo : Sindarin : faran

S. faran n. “rowan” (Category: Tree (other))

S. faran, n. “rowan, *ash” (Category: Tree (other))

A Sindarin word for a “rowan” [a species of ash tree], cognate to Q. farnë and derivative of √PHAR(AN) (PE17/83), possibly a later iteration of N. †fêr “beech-tree” from the root ᴹ√PHER(EN) (Ety/PHER).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. soros “ash-tree” of unclear derivation (GL/68).

References ✧ PE17/83

Glosses

“rowan” ✧ PE17/83

Variations

faran ✧ PE17/83; PE17/83

faran “rowan” may be a later iteration of N. †fêr “beech-tree”

Inflections

farn-

prefix

✧ PE17/83

Cognates

Q. farnë “ash, rowan” ✧ PE17/83 (‽fărnĭ); PE17/83 (‽farnë)

Derivations

< √PHAR(AN) “*rowan” ✧ PE17/83 (PHARAN)
< ✶pharne “any growing thing or plant” ✧ PE17/83 (pharan-)
- < √PHAR(AN) “*rowan” ✧ PE17/83 (PHAR); PE17/83 (PHARAN)

Phonetic Developments

✶pharan- > faran	[pʰaran] > [ɸaran] > [faran]	✧ PE17/83
√PHARAN > faran	[pʰaran] > [ɸaran] > [faran]	✧ PE17/83