S. maed² adj. “handy, skillful” (Category: Craft, Trade)
An adjective glossed “handy, skilful” in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s as the Sindarin equivalent of Q. maitë.
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. moed derived from ᴹ✶maʒiti “handy, skilled” under the root ᴹ√MAƷ “hand” (Ety/MAƷ), showing the 1930s Noldorin sound change whereby ai (sometimes) became oe rather than the Sindarin sound change to ae. The Gnomish Lexicon has G. mabol “skilful”, an elaboration of G. mab “hands” (GL/55).
References ✧ PE17/147; VT47/6
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| vaed | soft-mutation; m-mutation | ✧ PE17/147 |
Elements
| †maw | “hand” | ✧ VT47/6 (†maw) |
Element In
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N. moed adj. “handy, skilled” (Category: Craft, Trade)
References ✧ Ety/MAƷ; EtyAC/KHYAR
Glosses
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ON. maite > moed | [maite] > [mait] > [maid] > [moed] | ✧ Ety/MAƷ |
G. mabol adj. “skilful” (Category: Craft, Trade)
References ✧ GL/55; LT2A/Ermabwed
Glosses
Elements
| mab | “hand(s)” | ✧ GL/55; LT2A/Ermabwed |