ᴺS. [G.] ^cevorf n. “potato, (lit.) earth-apple” (Category: Potato)
Elements
| ᴹ√KEM | “soil, earth” |
| orf | “apple” |
Cognates
G. grothorf n. “potato” (Category: Potato)
The word for “potato” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s was G. grothorf (with a deleted alternate form {grothor >>} grothrof), a combination of G. groth “earth” and G. orf “apple”, similar to French “pomme de terre” (GL/42). This same document had another form G. podod for “potato” (GL/64), perhaps a phonetic adaptation of the European word.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this word as ᴺS. cevorf “potato, (lit.) earth-apple” using the later element ᴹ√KEM for “earth”.
References ✧ GL/42, 64
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Elements
| groth | “earth, soil” | ✧ GL/42 |
| orf | “apple” | ✧ GL/42 (#orf) |