N. pelthaes n. “pivot” (Category: to Turn Around)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “pivot”, a combination of ᴹ√PEL “revolve on a fixed point” and N. taes “nail”, more exactly a derivative of ON. pelthaksa (Ety/PEL; TAK). In their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies, Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne noted that Tolkien had a variant form pelhes under the entry for ᴹ√TAK, but that probably was a slip for pelthes (EtyAC/TAK).
References ✧ Ety/PEL, TAK; EtyAC/TAK
Glosses
Variations
Related
Elements
| ᴹ√PEL(ES) | “revolve on fixed point” | ✧ Ety/TAK (PEL) |
| taes | “nail” | ✧ Ety/TAK |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ON. pelthaksa > pelthaes | [pelθaksa] > [pelθaxsa] > [pelθaisa] > [pelθais] > [pelθaes] | ✧ Ety/PEL |