S. peth n. “word” (Category: Word)

S. peth, n. “word” (Category: Word)

References ✧ LotR/307; PE17/46, 126, 146, 151; PE23/143; PM/395; SA/quen; VT44/26

Glosses

• “word” ✧ PE17/46; PE23/143; PM/395; VT44/26

Variations

• peth ✧ PE17/46; PE23/143; PM/395; VT44/26

Inflections

-beth	soft-mutation; p-mutation		✧ PM/395
beth	soft-mutation; p-mutation		✧ LotR/307; PE17/146; PE17/151
beth	soft-mutation; p-mutation	“word”	✧ PE17/46; SA/quen; VT44/26
beth	soft-mutation; p-mutation	“words”	✧ PE17/126
beth	soft-mutation	“word”	✧ PE23/143
beth	soft-mutation; p-mutation	“to the words”	✧ SA/quen

Element In

• ᴺS. !gobeth “dictionary”
• ᴺS. !gwabeth “sentence, phrase”
• ᴺS. !iorbeth “archaism, archaic word”
• ᴺS. !pethas “sentence, phrase”
• ᴺS. !pethgant “surface representation (of a word), (lit.) word-shape”
• S. athrabeth “conversation, debate, (lit.) interchange of words”
• S. danbeth “*answer, (lit.) back-word” ✧ PM/395
• S. fennas nogothrim, lasto beth lammen “doorway of the Dwarf-folk listen to the word of my tongue” ✧ LotR/307; PE17/45
• S. Malbeth “*Golden Word”
• S. agarfant beth “he spoke words” ✧ PE17/126
• S. albeth “(word of) good omen” ✧ PE17/146
• S. daebeth “blasphemy” ✧ PE17/151
• S. pedo beth mellon “say the word mellon” ✧ PE23/143; VT44/26

Cognates

• Q. quetta “word” ✧ PE17/46; SA/quen

Derivations

• < √KWET “say, speak, utter words” ✧ PE17/46 (QUET); SA/quen (quet-); SA/quen (quet-)
  • < √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Phonetic Developments

√QUET > peth

[kwettā] > [pettā] > [petta] > [pettʰa] > [peθθa] > [peθθ] > [peθ]

✧ PE17/46

N. peth n. “word” (Category: Word)

Reference ✧ Ety/KWET ✧ “word”

Element In

• N. pethron “narrator, reciter, minstrel”

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶kwetta “word” ✧ Ety/KWET
  • < ᴹ√KWET “say” ✧ Ety/KWET

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶kwetta > peth

[kwetta] > [petta] > [pettʰa] > [peθθa] > [peθθ] > [peθ]

✧ Ety/KWET

ᴱN. peth n. “word” (Category: Word)

References ✧ PE13/152, 155-156, 164

Glosses

• “word” ✧ PE13/152; PE13/164

Variations

• peth ✧ PE13/152; PE13/164

Related

• peth “word” see ped- “say” ✧ PE13/164

Changes

• peith/paith >> †pith ✧ PE13/164

Inflections

#feth	liquid-mutation	“word”	✧ PE13/155
peith/paith	plural		✧ PE13/164
petha	plural		✧ PE13/164
pethas	plural		✧ PE13/152
pith	plural		✧ PE13/152
†pith	plural		✧ PE13/164
#beth	soft-mutation; p-mutation	“word”	✧ PE13/156

Element In

• ᴱN. ufeth “without a word” ✧ PE13/155 (ufeth)
• ᴱN. urbeth “wordless” ✧ PE13/156

Cognates

• ᴱQ. qetta “word” ✧ PE13/164

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶qettā̆ ✧ PE13/164
  • < ᴱ√QETE “*speak”

G. cweth n. “word” (Category: Word)

References ✧ GL/28; LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin

Glosses

• “word” ✧ GL/28; LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin

Cognates

• ᴱQ. qent “word” ✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin (quent)
• ᴱQ. qetta “word” ✧ GL/28

Derivations

• < ᴱ√QETE “*speak” ✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√QETE > cweth

[kʷetta] > [kʷett] > [kʷeθθ] > [kʷeθ]

✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin