S. forvo n. “right hand, right side” (Category: Right (vs. Left))
A word for “the right hand, the right side” in notes from the late 1960s (VT47/6), a combination of for- “north; right” and †maw “hand”.
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. forgam “righthanded” as a combination of ᴹ√PHOR “right-hand” and N. cam “hand” (Ety/PHOR).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would assume forgam and forvo coexist, with forgam being an adjective for “right-handed” and forvo being a noun primarily meaning “right side”, with its relationship to “hand” being obscure by the loss of †maw “hand” in Sindarin.
Reference ✧ VT47/6 ✧ “the right hand, the right side”
Related
Elements
| for- | “north” | ||
| †maw | “hand” | soft-mutation | ✧ VT47/6 (†maw) |
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