Eldamo : Early Noldorin : esg

ᴱN. esg n. “sharp upstanding rock in water” (Category: Rock, Stone)

⚠️ᴱN. esg, n. “sharp upstanding rock in water; [G.] sharp point, sharp edge” (Category: Rock, Stone): N. carag “spike, tooth of rock”; N. egnas “sharp point, peak”

This noun appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as G. esc “sharp point, sharp edge” (GL/31), related to G. aisc “sharp, bitter; sharp edge of a blade” (GL/18), and derived from the early root ᴱ√eke or one of its variants eχe or aχa (GL/31). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s there was a similar word ᴱN. esk or esg “sharp upstanding rock in water”, the first of these probably an archaic form with sk > sg (PE13/143).

References ✧ PE13/143

Glosses

“sharp upstanding rock in water” ✧ PE13/143

Variations

esg ✧ PE13/143
esk ✧ PE13/143

G. esc n. “sharp point, sharp edge” (Category: Sharp)

See N. carag for discussion.

References ✧ GL/31; LT2A/Gwarestrin

Glosses

“sharp point, sharp edge” ✧ GL/31; LT2A/Gwarestrin

esc “sharp point, sharp edge” cp. aisc ✧ GL/31

Element In

G. est(i)rin “pinnacle, tower” ✧ GL/31 (estirin); LT2A/Gwarestrin (estirin)

Derivations

< ᴱ✶aith-k ✧ GL/31
- < ᴱ√EKE “*point” ✧ GL/31 (aχa)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶aith-k > esc

[aiθk] > [eθk] > [esk]

✧ GL/31