Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : RED

√RED root. “scatter, sow”

√RED root. “scatter, sow”: ᴱ√MILI “*seed”; ᴱ√ORO² “*sow”

This root first appeared as ᴹ√RED “scatter, sow” in The Etymologies of the 1930s along with augmented variant ᴹ√ERÉD and derivatives like ᴹQ. erde/N. eredh “seed, germ” and ᴹQ. resta/N. rîdh “sown field, acre” (Ety/ERÉD, RED). √RED appeared again in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the early 1950s with the same gloss “scatter, sow” and derivatives Q. resta/S. rîdh “sown field” (PE19/91). The Quenya word resta reappeared in the 1964 phrase Q. nai elen siluva parma-restalyanna meldonya “*may a star shine upon your book-fair, my friend” (VT49/38), which might indicate the ongoing validity of this root, but it is also quite possible that resta “*fair” has a completely different etymology.

References ✧ PE19/91-92

Glosses

“scatter, sow” ✧ PE19/91
“sow” ✧ PE19/92 (RED)

^ᴺ√RE(N)D “kinsman, *cousin” could be a strengthening of RED “scatter, sow”

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. !rerestë “scattering, diaspora”
> ✶reddā “sown field, acre” ✧ PE19/91; PE19/92
- > Q. resta “sown field, tilled ground, acre; *fair” ✧ PE19/91; PE19/92
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !restassë “countryside, the country”
  - ⇒ Q. #parma-resta “*book-fair” ✧ VT49/39
- > S. rîdh “sown field” ✧ PE19/91; PE19/92
  - ⇒ ᴺS. !rídhas “the country, countryside, farmland”
    - ⇒ ᴺS. !rídhathren “rustic, rural”
- > T. resta “sown field, tilled ground” ✧ PE19/91

ᴹ√RED root. “scatter, sow”

See √RED for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/ERÉD, RED; EtyAC/ERÉD

Glosses

“scatter, sow” ✧ Ety/RED

Variations

RED ✧ Ety/ERÉD; Ety/RED
ERÉD ✧ Ety/ERÉD; Ety/RED
ERĒD ✧ EtyAC/ERÉD

RED ✧ Ety/ERÉD
RED “scatter, sow” ✧ Ety/RED

Changes

ERĒD >> ERÉD ✧ EtyAC/ERÉD

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶eredē “seed” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD
- > Ilk. erdh “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD
- > ᴹQ. erde¹ “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !erdevainë “seed pod, peapod”
- > N. eredh “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD
> ᴹ✶reddā “‘sown’, sown field, acre” ✧ Ety/RED
- > ᴹQ. resta “‘sown’, sown field, acre” ✧ EtyAC/RED
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !restandië “furlong”
- > N. rîdh “‘sown’, sown field, acre” ✧ EtyAC/RED
> ᴹQ. #rer- “to sow” ✧ Ety/RED
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !rerindo “sower”
> N. #rhedh- “to sow” ✧ Ety/RED
> ᴺQ. ^rel- “to sow”
⇒ ᴺQ. !relyávë “fig”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !relyávalda “fig-tree”