Eldamo : Noldorin : fara-

N. fara- v. “to hunt” (Category: to Hunt)

N. fara-, v. “to hunt” (Category: to Hunt): G. rausta- “to hunt, chase, pursue (only in actual sense of following game)”; G. rautha- “hunt, chase, pursue”

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “to hunt” derived from primitive ᴹ✶sparā- under the root ᴹ√SPAR “hunt, pursue” (Ety/SPAR). The root form was initially given as ᴹ√PHAR (EtyAC/PHAR²).

References ✧ Ety/SPAR; EtyAC/PHAR²

Inflections

faro	infinitive	“to hunt”	✧ Ety/SPAR
faro	infinitive	“to hunt”	✧ EtyAC/PHAR²

Element In

N. Faragon
N. #faron “hunter” ✧ Ety/SPAR (#faron)
N. feredir “hunter”
S. faroth “*hunting”

Cognates

ᴹQ. fara- “to hunt”

Derivations

< ON. sphara- “to hunt” ✧ Ety/SPAR ((s)pharóbe); EtyAC/PHAR² (pharóbe)
- < ᴹ√SPAR¹ “hunt, pursue” ✧ Ety/SPAR; EtyAC/PHAR² (PHAR²)
- < ᴹ✶sparā- “hunt, pursue”
  - < ᴹ√SPAR¹ “hunt, pursue” ✧ PE22/113

Phonetic Developments

ON. (s)pharóbe > faro

[sɸara-] > [ɸara-] > [fara-]

✧ Ety/SPAR