Eldamo : Early Noldorin : crech

ᴱN. crech n. “spittle” (Category: to Spit)

The word G. crech “spittle” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√kerek- or ᴱ√kereχ- (GL/27). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s Tolkien had ᴱN. crech “spittle” from primitive ᴱ✶kǝ̀rekka (PE13/140).

Neo-Sindarin: I’d retain ᴺS. crech “spittle” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.

Reference ✧ PE13/140 ✧ “spittle”

Cognates

ᴱQ. rekka “spittle” ✧ PE13/140

Derivations

< ᴱ✶kǝ̀rekka ✧ PE13/140
- < ᴱ√KEREKE¹ “*spit”

G. crech n. “spittle” (Category: to Spit)

See ᴱN. crech for discussion.

References ✧ GL/27; PE13/111

Glosses

“spittle” ✧ GL/27; PE13/111

Element In

G. agrech “contempt”

Derivations

< ᴱ√KEREKE¹ “*spit” ✧ GL/27 (kerek-)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√kerek- > crech

[kerekka] > [krekka] > [krekk] > [krexx] > [krex]

✧ GL/27