S. #lost adj. “empty” (Category: Empty)
A word for “empty” implied by the names Camlost “Empty-handed” (S/184) and Lothlann “Wide and Empty” (S/123).
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. lhost “empty” under the root ᴹ√LUS (Ety/LUS) with the 1930s sound change of initial l to lh, a sound change absent from Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s. The Etymologies originally put lost “empty” under the ablative root ᴹ√LŌ “*from”, but lost was deleted from that entry (EtyAC/LŌ).
Reference ✧ S/184 ✧ “empty”
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N. lhost adj. “empty” (Category: Empty)
References ✧ Ety/LUS; EtyAC/LŌ
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| ᴹ√LUS > lhost | [lusta] > [losta] > [lost] > [l̥ost] | ✧ Ety/LUS |