Eldamo : Noldorin : baradh

N. baradh adj. “steep” (Category: Tall)

N. baradh, adj. “steep” (Category: Tall): ᴱN. aig “high, steep”; G. ront “high, steep”

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “steep”, derived from primitive ᴹ✶baradā “lofty, sublime” that was also the basis for the name ᴹQ. Varda (Ety/BARÁD).

Reference ✧ Ety/BARÁD ✧ “steep”

Derivations

< ON. barada “steep” ✧ Ety/BARÁD
- < ᴹ✶Baradā “lofty, sublime” ✧ Ety/BARÁD (barádā)
  - < ᴹ√BARAD “*lofty, noble” ✧ Ety/BARÁD (BARÁD); Ety/BARATH (BARÁD)
    - < ᴹ√BAR “raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)” ✧ Ety/BAR

Phonetic Developments

ON. barada > baradh

[barada] > [baraða] > [barað]

✧ Ety/BARÁD