Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : hesta(lë)

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] hesta(lë) n. “the nearest consanguinity” (Category: Sibling)

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] hesta(lë), n. “the nearest consanguinity” (Category: Sibling)

See ᴱQ. hesta for discussion.

Derivations

< ^ᴺ√KHETH “sibling, consanguinity”

ᴱQ. hesta n. “the nearest consanguinity” (Category: Sibling)

The term ᴱQ. hesta appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “the nearest consanguinity” (QL/40), that is the closest relative sharing a common ancestor, usually a sibling but possibly cousins if one has no siblings. The form hesta is followed by (-le) in parenthesis, which usually indicates a stem form but in this case probably indicates a variant form hestale. This word is derived from the early root ᴱ√HESE.

Neo-Quenya: I would retain this word for purposes of Neo-Quenya as a derivative of the Neo-Root ᴺ√KHETH.

References ✧ QL/40

Glosses

“the nearest consanguinity” ✧ QL/40

Variations

hesta ✧ QL/40
[hesta]le ✧ QL/40

Element In

ᴱQ. hestaner “brother” ✧ QL/40
ᴱQ. hestani “sister” ✧ QL/40
ᴱQ. hestanoina “bearing the nearest consanguinity” ✧ QL/40
ᴱQ. hestanu “brother” ✧ QL/40
ᴱQ. hestaqin “sister” ✧ QL/40

Cognates

G. hest “brother or sister, *sibling; †consanguinity”

Derivations

< ᴱ√HESE¹ “brother or sister” ✧ QL/40

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√HESE > hesta

[xestā] > [xesta] > [hesta]

✧ QL/40