Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : PER

√PER root. “half”

√PER root. “half; [ᴹ√] divide in middle, halve”: *ᴱ√LEǶE “half; *five”; ᴱ√PERE “*endure”

This root first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as ᴹ√PER “divide in middle, halve” with derivatives like ᴹQ. perya- “halve” and N. perin “half” (Ety/PER). It reappeared in notes from around 1959-60 as √PER “half” (PE17/171, 173). In Tolkien’s earliest writings, the sense “half” was assigned to the root ᴱ√LEHE or ᴱ√LEFE² instead (QL/52; GL/53).

References ✧ PE17/171, 173

Glosses

“half” ✧ PE17/173; PE17/173; PE17/171 (PER)

KWER “revolve” would in Sindarin have come into conflict with PER “half”
PED “incline, slope” has had its “strong” forms vanish in Quenya owing to coalescence with PER “half” ✧ PE17/171
PED “fall in steep slant, incline, slope” has lost its strong forms in Quenya owing to similarity to PER “half” ✧ PE17/173

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. !permë “half; side (of person or shape)”
> Q. #per- “half”
- ⇒ 8 compounds
> S. #per- “half”
- ⇒ 4 compounds

ᴹ√PER root. “divide in middle, halve”

See √PER for discussion.

Reference ✧ Ety/PER ✧ “divide in middle, halve”

Derivatives

> ᴹQ. #per- “half, semi”
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Pereldar “Half-eldar”
- ⇒ ᴹQ. #perómanda “semivocalic, *semi-vowel” ✧ PE18/30
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !úperima “indivisible”
⇒ ᴹQ. Pereldar “Half-eldar” ✧ Ety/PER
> ᴹQ. perya- “to divide in middle, halve” ✧ Ety/PER
> N. #per- “half”
- ⇒ N. Perhail “Halfwise” ✧ SD/118
> N. perin “half” ✧ Ety/PER
- ⇒ N. Peringol “Half-elven, (lit.) Half-Noldo” ✧ Ety/PER; Ety/PER