N. pennas n. “history” (Category: History)
A noun for “history” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, an elaboration of N. pent “story” (Ety/KWET). It appeared in a number of names, such as Pennas Silevril the equivalent of Quenta Silmarillion “History of the Silmarils” (LR/202).
References ✧ Ety/KWET; LR/201-202; LRI/Pennas, Qenta; SM/77, 206, 27; SMI/Pennas
Glosses
Elements
| pent | “tale, story” | ✧ SM/206 |
| #-as | “abstract noun” |
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Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√KWET > pennas | [kwentasse] > [pentasse] > [pentʰasse] > [penθasse] > [penθass] > [pennass] > [pennas] | ✧ Ety/KWET |