Eldamo : Sindarin : fuir

S. fuir adj. “north” (Category: Right (vs. Left))

@@@ likely from [pʰorja] as suggested by David Salo (GS/255), thus a later version of than feir² “right (hand)” with a different phonetic development. In the 2008 version of his Sindarin Dictionary, Didier Willis suggested fair as the Sindarized form of N. feir (HSD/fair), but more recent research indicates that fuir < *phorya is more likely, as suggested to me in a private chat by Elaran on 2018-08-26; see the entry on how [œi] became [ui] or [y] in Sindarin for further details.

Reference ✧ VT42/20 ✧ Fuir “north”

Element In

S. Eryn Fuir “North Wood” ✧ VT42/20 (Eryn Fuir)

Derivations

< ᴹ√PHOR “right-hand”

N. feir² adj. “right (hand)” (Category: Right (vs. Left))

References ✧ Ety/PHOR; EtyAC/PHOR

Glosses

“right (hand)” ✧ Ety/PHOR

Changes

foeir »» feir “right (hand)”; [intermediate form foeir »» fœir] ✧ EtyAC/PHOR

Element In

N. forgam “righthanded” ✧ Ety/PHOR

Cognates

ᴹQ. forya “right (hand), dexter” ✧ Ety/PHOR

Derivations

< ᴹ√PHOR “right-hand” ✧ Ety/PHOR
- < fœir < PHOR ✧ Ety/PHOR

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√PHOR > fœir > feir

[pʰorja] > [ɸorja] > [forja] > [foria] > [fœria] > [fœri] > [fœir] > [feir]

✧ Ety/PHOR