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S. lanthir n. “waterfall” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)

S. lanthir, n. “waterfall” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)
ᴱ√ASAKA “*waterfall”

A word for “waterfall” in the name S. Lanthir Lamath “Waterfall of Echoing Voices” (S/235; PM/349). It is probably a combination of the variant root √LAT “fall” (more typically √DAT) and S. sîr “river”, hence “*falling river”.

Reference ✧ PM/349 ✧ Lanthir “waterfall”

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Elements

LAT² “fall (to the ground)”
sîr “river, stream” nasal-mutation

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Cognates


ᴱN. ach n. “waterfall” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)

In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien had G. acha “waterfall” as a cognate to ᴱQ. aksa (GL/17). Its form became âch in Gnomish Lexicon Slips adding to that document (PE13/108) and ach in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s (PE13/136, 158).

References ✧ PE13/136, 158

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echir plural ✧ PE13/158

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G. acha n. “waterfall” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)

See ᴱN. ach for discussion.

References ✧ GL/17; LT1A/Asgon; PE13/108

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Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√aksa > acha [aksā] > [aksa] > [acha] ✧ GL/17