Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : orosta

ᴱQ. orosta¹ n. “ascension” (Category: to Rise)

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. orosta “ascension” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, based on the early root ᴱ√ORO¹ (QL/70). The Qenya Lexicon also had an unaugmented variant rosta under the root ᴱ√RŌ (QL/80). Early Noldorin word lists of the 1920s instead had ᴱQ. orosta as equivalent to ᴱN. oroth “impetus, speed, haste, rash courage”, derived from primitive ᴱ✶orotse (PE13/151); see ᴹQ. orme for discussion.

Neo-Quenya: Since √RŌ/ORO “rise” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺQ. orosta “ascension” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

References ✧ LT1A/Kalormë; PME/70; QL/70, 80

Glosses

“ascension” ✧ LT1A/Kalormë; PME/70; QL/70; QL/80 (rosta)

Variations

orosta ✧ LT1A/Kalormë; PME/70; QL/70; QL/80
rosta ✧ QL/80

rosta “ascension” = orosta ✧ QL/80

Cognates

G. oros “rising” ✧ LT1A/Kalormë

Derivations

< ᴱ√ORO¹ “steepness, rising” ✧ LT1A/Kalormë; QL/70
< ᴱ√RŌ “*rise” ✧ QL/80

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ORO¹ > orosta	[orostā] > [orosta]	✧ QL/70
ᴱ√RŌ > rosta	[rōstā] > [rōsta] > [rosta]	✧ QL/80