Eldamo : Noldorin : tess

N. tess n. “fine pierced hole” (Category: Hole)

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “fine pierced hole” derived from primitive ᴹ✶ters- base on the root ᴹ√TERES (EtyAC/TERES).

Reference ✧ EtyAC/TER ✧ “fine pierced hole”

Cognates

Derivations

< ᴹ✶ters- “fine pierced hole” ✧ EtyAC/TER
- < ters < ters- ✧ EtyAC/TER
- < ᴹ√TERES “*pierced hole” ✧ Ety/TER

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶ters- > ters > tess

[tersa] > [ters] > [tess]