Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : ehta-

ᴺQ. [ᴹQ.] ehta- v. “to stab” (Category: to Poke, Prick, Stab)

ᴺQ. [ᴹQ.] ehta-, v. “to stab” (Category: to Poke, Prick, Stab)

See ᴹQ. ehta- for discussion.

Cognates

S. eitha-¹ “to prick with a sharp point, stab; to treat with scorn, insult”

Derivations

< ✶ektā- “prick with a sharp point, stab”
- < √EK “sharp point” ✧ WJ/365 (eke)

ᴹQ. ehta- v. “to stab” (Category: to Poke, Prick, Stab)

A verb appearing as ᴹQ. ehta “stab” based on the root ᴹ√EK “point, sharp point, thorn” appearing on a page of roots from the Quenya Verbal System from 1948, but this page was marked through (PE22/127).

Neo-Quenya: Primitive ✶ektā- “prick with a sharp point, stab” appears in Tolkien’s later writings (WJ/365), so I think ᴺQ. ehta- “to stab” can be retained for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

Reference ✧ PE22/127 ✧ ehta “stab”

Derivations

< ᴹ√EK “spear, (sharp) point, thorn” ✧ PE22/127 (EK)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√EK > ehta

[ekta-] > [exta-]

✧ PE22/127