Eldamo : Gnomish : caug¹

G. caug¹ n. “humpback” (Category: Lame)

⚠️G. caug¹, n. “humpback” (Category: Lame)

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a humpback” from the early root ᴱ√kava (GL/25), cognate to ᴱQ. kauko of the same meaning (QL/45).

Reference ✧ GL/25 ✧ caug “a humpback”

Cognates

ᴱQ. kauko “humpback” ✧ GL/25

Derivations

< ᴱ√KAẆA “stoop” ✧ GL/25 (kava-)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√kava- > caug

[kaβko] > [kavko] > [kavk] > [kauk] > [kaug]

✧ GL/25