Eldamo : Ilkorin/Doriathrin : lost

Ilk. *lost adj. “empty” (Category: Empty)

Ilk. *lost adj. “empty” (Category: Empty)

A Doriathrin adjective meaning “empty” attested only as an element in the name Dor. Mablost (Ety/KAB). Its Quenya cognate lusta suggests a primitive form *✶lustā, with the [o] developing from Ilkorin a-affection. It might be a Doriathrin-only variant of more general Ilkorin losgen “empty”.

Reference ✧ Ety/KAB ✧ Dor. #lost “empty”

Element In

Ilk. *losgen “empty”
Ilk. Mablost “Empty-handed” ✧ Ety/KAB

Cognates

ᴹQ. lusta “void, empty”
N. lhost “empty”

Derivations

< ᴹ√LUS “*empty” ✧ Ety/KAB

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√LUS > #lost

[lustā] > [lusta] > [losta] > [lost]

✧ Ety/KAB