Eldamo : Neo-Primitive Elvish : TAD

ᴱ√TAÐA root. “*hedge, fence, enclosure”

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, previously given as [deleted] ᴱ√TAŘA “chevaux de frise” (a fortification of wooden spikes), with derivatives like ᴱQ. tanda “hedge, fence, enclosure; border, rim”, ᴱQ. tarasse “hawthorn”, and ᴱQ. tarwa “garden, enclosure” (QL/87, 89). It also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. tadhos “hawthorn”, G. tand “enclosure, garden”, and G. tath “hedge, fence” (GL/68). I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√TAD “enclosure” to salvage some of these early words.

References ✧ GL/68, 71; QL/87, 89

Glosses

“chevaux de frise” ✧ QL/87 (TAŘA); QL/89 (TAŘA)

Variations

TAÐA ✧ QL/87
tadh- ✧ GL/68; GL/71
TAŘA ✧ QL/89; QL/87 (TAŘA); QL/89 (TAŘA)

TASA much same as TAŘA ✧ QL/89

Changes

TAŘA “chevaux de frise” >> TAÐA ✧ QL/87
TAŘA “chevaux de frise” >> TARA² “‽” ✧ QL/89

Derivatives

> ᴱ✶taþ· “bush”
- ⇒ ᴱ✶eχt·taþ· “thorn-bush” ✧ GL/18
  - > ᴱQ. ektar² “hawthorn, thorn”
    - ⇒ ᴱQ. pi(pi)nektar “whitethorn, hawthorn” ✧ QL/35
  - > G. aithos “thorn bush” ✧ GL/18
    - ⇒ G. pibinaith(ros) “hawthorn”
- > G. tath “hedge, fence” ✧ GL/18
  - ⇒ [see above]
> ᴱQ. tanda¹ “hedge, fence, enclosure; border, rim” ✧ QL/87
> ᴱQ. tar “hedge, fence” ✧ QL/87
- ⇒ ᴱQ. ektar² “hawthorn, thorn” ✧ QL/35
  - ⇒ ᴱQ. pi(pi)nektar “whitethorn, hawthorn” ✧ QL/35
> ᴱQ. tarasse “hawthorn” ✧ QL/87
> ᴱQ. tarwa¹ “garden, enclosure” ✧ QL/87
- ⇒ ᴱQ. lotarwa “garden” ✧ QL/55
> G. tadhos “hawthorn” ✧ GL/68
> G. tand “enclosure, garden” ✧ GL/68
> G. tath “hedge, fence” ✧ GL/68
- ⇒ G. aithos “thorn bush” ✧ GL/18
  - ⇒ G. pibinaith(ros) “hawthorn”
> G. tôdhi “paddock” ✧ GL/68; GL/71