Eldamo : Noldorin : gas

N. gas n. “hole, gap” (Category: Hole)

N. gas, n. “hole, gap” (Category: Hole): G. ôth “hole, opening”

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hole, gap” derived from primitive ᴹ✶gassā under the root ᴹ√GAS “yawn, gape” (Ety/GAS). Based on context, I think this word refers mainly to a hole or gap between things rather than a hole inside of something.

Reference ✧ Ety/GAS ✧ “hole, gap”

Element In

N. gasdil “stopgap” ✧ Ety/GAS
S. Mengas Dûr “?Dark Gap in the Way”

Cognates

ᴹQ. assa¹ “hole, perforation, opening, mouth” ✧ Ety/GAS

Derivations

< ᴹ✶gassā “hole, gap” ✧ Ety/GAS
- < ᴹ√GAS “yawn, gape” ✧ Ety/GAS

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶gassā > gas

[gassā] > [gassa] > [gass]

✧ Ety/GAS