Eldamo : Noldorin : celeth

N. celeth n. “stream, *brook, rill, runlet; (lit.) a flowing” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)

N. celeth, n. “stream, *brook, rill, runlet; (lit.) a flowing” (Category: Brook, Stream, River): G. celwin “rill, stream, runlet”; G. duif “stream”; G. gwent² “brook, small river”; G. nern “brook”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “stream” appearing in a marginal note next to the root ᴹ√KEL “go, run (especially of water), flow away downhill” (Ety/KEL; EtyAC/KEL). It might be used for any small flow of water like brook, rill, or runlet; its literal meaning is probably “*flowing”.

Reference ✧ EtyAC/KEL ✧ “stream”

Derivations

< ᴹ√KEL “flow, flow away (downhill), run (of water or rivers), run away especially downwards or at end” ✧ Ety/KEL

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√KEL > celeth

[kelette] > [kelettʰe] > [keleθθe] > [keleθθ] > [keleθ]

✧ EtyAC/KEL