Q. olba n. “branch” (Category: Branch)
A noun for “branch” in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 derived from primitive √OLOB (PM/341). It may be a variant of olva “plant”, since lv was sometimes pronounced lb (LotR/1121; PE17/129).
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. olwa “branch” derived from primitive ᴹ✶golbā under the root ᴹ√GOLOB (Ety/GÓLOB). The lw in this word seems to be a remnant of Early Qenya phonetic developments, where sometimes lb became lw, the best example being early ᴱQ. elwen vs. Elben “heart” (QL/35; LT2/202). There was a similar word ᴱQ. olwe(n) that was cognate to G. olf(in) “branch, wand, stick” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/62), possibly also an example of lb > lw.
Reference ✧ PM/341 ✧ “branch”
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| √OLOB > olba | [olba] | ✧ PM/341 |
ᴹQ. olwa n. “branch” (Category: Branch)
References ✧ Ety/GÓLOB; PE22/23, 52
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| ᴹ✶golbā > olwa | [golbā] > [ɣolbā] > [ɣolβā] > [ɣolwā] > [olwā] > [olwa] | ✧ Ety/GÓLOB |
ᴱQ. olwe(n) n. “branch, wand, stick” (Category: Branch)
References ✧ GL/43, 62; LT2A/Gurtholfin
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