Eldamo : Sindarin : faw

S. faw n. “*breath, puff of breath” (Category: to Breathe; Breath)

S. faw, n. “*breath, puff of breath” (Category: to Breathe; Breath)

An unglossed word in 1964 notes on Dalath Dirnen (DD) derived from the root √PHAW (PE17/181). Since this root was elsewhere glossed “emit (foul breath etc.)”, this word probably mean something like “*breath, puff of breath”, like its cognate Q. foa (VT47/35).

Reference ✧ PE17/181

Cognates

Q. föa “breath, puff of breath” ✧ PE17/181 (foa)

Derivations

< √PHAW “emit (foul breath), *breath, puff of breath” ✧ PE17/181
- < phaw < PHAW ✧ PE17/181
- < √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)”

Phonetic Developments

√PHAW > phaw > faw

[pʰawa] > [ɸawa] > [fawa] > [faw] > [fau]

✧ PE17/181

G. feth n. “one breath” (Category: to Breathe; Breath)

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “one breath” (GL/36), likely derived from the early root ᴱ√ǶEHE “breathe” (QL/41).

Reference ✧ GL/35 ✧ “one breath”

Derivations

< ᴱ√ǶEHE “breath; die, expire”