S. herw n. “wine” (Category: Wine)
A word for “wine” appearing in notes on the Common Eldarin Article (CEA) from 1969, derived from ancient ✶herwā (PE23/139). Its Quenya equivalent Q. hyero was derived from ✶syeru, of which herwā was a variant, so it is clear that the actual primitive form was *syerwā, especially since this was an example of how sy became voiceless spirantal y ([ꜧ]), and then later becoming ch [x] > h (PE23/138).
References ✧ PE23/139
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| i·chery | nasal-mutation plural; h-mutation | ✧ PE23/139 |
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Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶herwā > herw | [sjerwā] > [sjerwa] > [j̊erwa] > [xerwa] > [xerw] > [herw] > [heru] | ✧ PE23/139 |
| ✶syeru > i·chery | [sjerwāi] > [sjerwī] > [sjerwi] > [j̊erwi] > [xerwi] > [herwi] > [hery] | ✧ PE23/139 |