Eldamo : Sindarin : rhaw¹

S. rhaw¹ adj. “wild” (Category: Anger)

S. rhaw¹, adj. “wild, [N.] untamed” (Category: Anger): N. lothren “wild, waste”

Reference ✧ PE17/78 ✧ rhaw(f) “wild”

Element In

S. rhovan “wilderness; wild beast”

Cognates

Q. hráva “wild, savage” ✧ PE17/78

Derivations

< √SRAB “wild, not tamed/domesticated” ✧ PE17/78 (S-RAB)

Phonetic Developments

√S-RAB > rhaw(f)

[srāba] > [r̥āba] > [r̥ǭba] > [r̥ǭva] > [r̥auva] > [r̥auv] > [r̥au]

✧ PE17/78

N. rhaw¹ adj. “wild, untamed” (Category: Anger)

According to the editorial corrections in EtyAC/RAB, the gloss “wilderness” in The Etymologies is actually associated with a different word, rhofan, so that the proper gloss of this word is likely the same as its Quenya cognate ráva¹: “wild, untamed”.

References ✧ Ety/RAB; EtyAC/RAB

Glosses

“wild, untamed” ✧ Ety/RAB

Changes

rhaw “wilderness” »» rhaw “wild, untamed” ✧ EtyAC/RAB

Cognates

ᴹQ. ráva¹ “wild, untamed” ✧ Ety/RAB

Derivations

< ᴹ✶rāba “wild, untamed” ✧ Ety/RAB
- < ᴹ√RAB¹ “*wild” ✧ Ety/RAB

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶rāba > rhaw

[rāba] > [rǭba] > [rouba] > [rouva] > [rauva] > [rauv] > [r̥auv] > [r̥au]

✧ Ety/RAB