Eldamo : Middle Quenya : makse¹

ᴹQ. makse¹ n. “dough” (Category: Dough)

ᴹQ. maxë¹, n. “dough” (Category: Dough): ᴹQ. maxë² “meat”; ᴺQ. !malma² “pulp, paste, mash, mush; dough, grume”

A word for “dough” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶mazgē under the root ᴹ√MASAG “knead” (Ety/MASAG), where zg unvoiced to sk and then the sk underwent metathesis to ks.

References ✧ Ety/MASAG; EtyAC/MASAG

Glosses

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Cognates

Derivations

< ᴹ√MASAG “knead, make soft by rubbing, kneading” ✧ EtyAC/MASAG (MÁSAG)
- < ᴹ√M(B)AS “knead”
< ᴹ✶mazgē “dough” ✧ Ety/MASAG
- < ᴹ√MASAG “knead, make soft by rubbing, kneading” ✧ Ety/MASAG
  - < ᴹ√M(B)AS “knead”

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶mazgē > makse	[mazgē] > [maskē] > [maske] > [makse]	✧ Ety/MASAG
ᴹ√MÁSAG > makse	[mazgē] > [maskē] > [maske] > [makse]	✧ EtyAC/MASAG