Eldamo : Noldorin : presta-

N. presta- v. “to affect, trouble, disturb” (Category: to Change)

N. presta-, v. “to affect, trouble, disturb” (Category: to Change)

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing in its [Noldorin] infinitive form presto “to affect, trouble, disturb” under the root ᴹ√PERES “affect, disturb, alter” (Ety/PERES). In their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies, Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne indicated it had a fourth, deleted gloss “concern” (EtyAC/PERES).

References ✧ Ety/PERES; EtyAC/PERES

Variations

presto ✧ EtyAC/PERES

Inflections

presto	infinitive	“to affect, trouble, disturb”	✧ Ety/PERES
prestannen	passive-participle	“affected (of vowels), mutated”	✧ Ety/PERES

Element In

N. prestannen “affected (of vowels), mutated” ✧ Ety/PERES
N. prestanneth “affection (of vowels), mutation” ✧ Ety/PERES

Cognates

ᴺQ. !persa- “to affect [sounds], ⚠️disturb, alter”
ON. persa- “to affect, concern” ✧ Ety/PERES (persṓs)

Derivations

< ᴹ√PERES “affect, disturb, alter” ✧ Ety/PERES (PER/PERES)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√PER/PERES > presto

[perésta-] > [presta-]

✧ Ety/PERES