Eldamo : Noldorin : falf

N. falf n. “foam, breaker” (Category: Wave, Surge)

N. falf, n. “foam, breaker, [G.] wave” (Category: Wave, Surge): G. floss “breaker”; ᴺS. !gôl “wave”; G. sôr “wave, billow”; G. thloth “breakers, waves, surf”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “foam, breaker” derived from the root ᴹ√PHAL “foam” (Ety/PHAL).

Conceptual Development: An obvious precursor to this word is G. falm “a breaker, a wave” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√fal- (GL/33); in Noldorin/Sindarin the final -m would become -f [-v]. Given the gloss “breaker” from The Etymologies, it seems likely that N. falf can also be used for a “wave”, much like its Quenya cognate Q. falma.

Reference ✧ Ety/PHAL ✧ “foam, breaker”

Cognates

ᴹQ. falma “(crested) wave” ✧ Ety/PHAL

Derivations

< ᴹ√PHAL “foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL (PHAL/PHÁLAS)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√PHAL/PHÁLAS > falf

[pʰalma] > [ɸalma] > [falma] > [falm] > [falv]

✧ Ety/PHAL

G. falm n. “breaker, wave” (Category: Wave, Surge)

See N. falf for discussion.

References ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Falman

Glosses

“a breaker, a wave” ✧ GL/33
“breaker, wave” ✧ LT1A/Falman

Element In

G. Falmon “Ossë” ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Falman

Cognates

ᴱQ. falmar “wave (as it breaks), foamcrest” ✧ LT1A/Falman

Derivations

< ᴱ√FALA² “*foam, wave” ✧ GL/33 (fal-¹); LT1A/Falman

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√fal-¹ > falm

[ɸalma] > [falma] > [falm]

✧ GL/33