Eldamo : Quenya : maxo

Q. maxo n. “mire” (Category: Mud, Mire)

Q. maxo, n. “mire, [ᴹQ.] sticky substance” (Category: Mud, Mire): ᴱQ. lutl “gum, paste, sticky matter”

A word in both the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) of the 1940s and the Outline of Phonology (OP2) of the 1950s, where it was glossed “sticky substance, mire” (PE19/48) and “mire” (PE19/101). In both places, it was derived from ✶mazgō, and served to illustrated the sound change whereby [z] plus voiced stop became unvoiced (zg > sk > ks = x) in Ancient Quenya.

Reference ✧ PE19/101 ✧ makso “mire”

Element In

ᴺQ. !maxon “mudstone”

Cognates

S. madha “mud” ✧ PE19/101 (maða)
T. mascu “mire” ✧ PE19/101

Derivations

< ✶mazgō “sticky substance” ✧ PE19/101 (mazgō/ŭ)
- < √MASAG “*sticky” ✧ PE19/101

Phonetic Developments

✶mazgō/ŭ > makso

[mazgō] > [maskō] > [masko] > [makso]

✧ PE19/101

ᴹQ. makso n. “sticky substance, mire” (Category: Mud, Mire)

See Q. maxo for discussion.

Reference ✧ PE19/48 ✧ “sticky substance, mire”

Derivations

< ᴹ✶mazgō “sticky substance, mire” ✧ PE19/48

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶mazgō > makso

[mazgō] > [maskō] > [masko] > [makso]

✧ PE19/48