N. perin adj. “half” (Category: Half)
An adjective for “half” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√PER “divide in middle, halve” (Ety/PER).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon (GL) of the 1910s had adjective G. elfeg and noun elef “half” (GL/32), the latter also used to mean “half a ...”, as in basgorn elef “*half a loaf” (GL/53). In addition GL had lemp “a half”, and all these words word derived from the early root ᴱ√lef [LEǶE] which was the basis for ᴱQ. lempe “5” (GL/53), though in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon lexicon ᴱQ. lemin was “five” and ᴱQ. lempe “ten” (QL/52).
Reference ✧ Ety/PER ✧ “half”
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√PER > perin | [perine] > [perin] | ✧ Ety/PER |
G. elef n. “half, half a ...” (Category: Half)
References ✧ GL/32, 53
Glosses
Element In
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√lef > elef | [elexʷe] > [elefe] > [elef] | ✧ GL/53 |
G. elfeg adj. “half” (Category: Half)
Reference ✧ GL/32 ✧ “half”
Related
Elements
| elf(in) | “five” | ✧ GL/32 |
| #-og | “adjectival suffix” | ✧ GL/32 (#-eg) |