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N. echain adj. “new, built again” (Category: New)

N. echain, adj. “new, built again” (Category: New)

A word meaning “new, built again” appearing as an element in [N.] Ostechain “Town Built Again” which Tolkien considered as an alternate name for Osgiliath in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/424). Roman Rausch suggested it may be based on some combination of ad- “again” and an adjectival form of √KAT “make” (EE/2.67), perhaps from ancient *ad-katyā.

Reference ✧ TI/424 ✧ “new, built again”

Elements

ad- “back, again, re-”
ᴹ√KAT “shape, make”

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