N. cadwor adj. “shapely” (Category: Form, Shape)
An adjective appearing as cadwor, cadwar in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶katwārā “shapely” (Ety/KAT). The variant forms likely had to do with whether or not ā remained long or was shortened in the final syllable of the primitive form; if it remained long then ā > ō [ǭ] > au [cadwaur with usual soft-mutation of t > d] and then au became o in the polysyllable, producing cadwor.
Conceptual Development: The Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s had an untranslated adjective ᴱN. {cadeg >>} cadog that might have a similar meaning (PE13/125).
References ✧ Ety/KAT
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| cadw | “shaped, formed” | ✧ Ety/KAT |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶katwārā > cadwor | [katwārā] > [katwāra] > [katwǭra] > [katwoura] > [katwaura] > [katwaur] > [kadwaur] > [kadwor] | ✧ Ety/KAT |