Eldamo : Noldorin : haust

N. haust n. “bed” (Category: Bed)

N. haust, n. “bed” (Category: Bed)

A word for “bed” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶khau̯-stā “rest-ing” under the root ᴹ√KHAW “rest, lie at ease” (Ety/KHAW; EtyAC/KHAW).

Conceptual Development: A similar form G. haus “bed” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on G. hau- “to lie” (GL/48).

References ✧ Ety/KHAW

Glosses

“bed” ✧ Ety/KHAW; Ety/KHAW

haust “bed” is associated with hauð “mound” ✧ Ety/KHAW

Derivations

< ᴹ✶khaustā “rest-ing” ✧ Ety/KHAW (khau̯-stā)
< ᴹ√KHAW “rest, lie at ease” ✧ Ety/KHAW

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶khau̯-stā > haust

[kʰaustā] > [kʰausta] > [kʰǭsta] > [xǭsta] > [xousta] > [xausta] > [xaust] > [haust]

✧ Ety/KHAW

G. haus n. “bed” (Category: Bed)

See N. haust for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/48 ✧ “bed”

Element In

G. hauthwaid “consort, wife or husband” ✧ GL/48
G. hauthwais “matrimony, conjugal rights” ✧ GL/48

Derivations

< #ᴱ√HAWA ✧ GL/48 (#haw-)

Phonetic Developments

#ᴱ√haw- > haus

[xaus] > [haus]

✧ GL/48