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N. drava- v. “to hew” (Category: to Hew)

N. drava-, v. “to hew” (Category: to Hew)

A verb for “to hew” in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing in its Noldorin-style infinitive form dravo under the root ᴹ√DARAM “beat, hew” (Ety/DARÁM).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. flig- “hew” probably based on the early root ᴱ√FḶKḶ of similar meaning (GL/35; QL/38) as well as G. pelectha- “hew” related to G. peleg “axe” (GL/64).

References ✧ Ety/DARÁM

Inflections

dravo infinitive “to hew” ✧ Ety/DARÁM
dramp past   ✧ Ety/DARÁM
drammen past 1st-sg   ✧ Ety/DARÁM

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√DARÁM > dravo [daráma-] > [drama-] > [drava-] ✧ Ety/DARÁM

G. flig- v. “to hew” (Category: to Hew)

See N. drava- for discussion.

References ✧ GL/33, 35

Glosses

Variations

Related

Changes

Inflections

falci past ✧ GL/35
flaigi past ✧ GL/35
flinchi past ✧ GL/35

Derivations


G. pelectha- v. “to hew” (Category: to Hew)

See N. drava- for discussion.

References ✧ GL/64; LT2A/Peleg

Glosses

Elements

peleg “axe” ✧ GL/64; LT2A/Peleg

Element In

Cognates