Eldamo : Neo-Primitive Elvish : KHES

[ᴱ]^ᴺ√KHES root. “wither”

[ᴱ]^ᴺ√KHES root. “wither”: ᴱ√NṚQṚ “to wither, fade, shrivel”

See ᴱ√HESE² for discussion.

^KHES “wither” conflicts with ᴹ√KHES “command”

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. hessa “withered, ⚠️dead”
> ᴺQ. hesta- “to wither”
> ᴺS. ^hesg “withered, ⚠️dead; chilled, chill”

ᴱ√HESE² root. “wither”

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wither”, with derivatives having to do with withered things and winter (QL/40). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon the root was given as heth², but it is not clear whether this was intended to be a variant root or a replacement (GL/49). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, but I think it is worth salvaging as a Neo-Eldarin root ᴺ√KHES “wither” to salvage Gnomish and Early Qenya wither-words.

References ✧ GL/49; LT1A/Heskil; QL/40

Glosses

“wither” ✧ QL/40

Variations

HESE ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/40
heth² ✧ GL/49

Derivatives

> ᴱ✶heth·thed·’lon “daisy”
- > G. hetheglon “daisy” ✧ GL/49
> ᴱQ. hesin “winter” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/40
> ᴱQ. Heskil “Winter One” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/40
> ᴱQ. hessa “dead, withered” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/40
> ᴱQ. hesta- “to wither” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/40
> G. hesc “withered, dead; chilled, chill” ✧ GL/49; LT1A/Heskil
> G. Hess “winter” ✧ GL/49; LT1A/Heskil
> G. heth² “white, pallid, wan” ✧ GL/49
- ⇒ G. hetheglon “daisy” ✧ GL/49