Eldamo : Noldorin : feleg

N. feleg n. “(animal’s) horn; steep mountain peak” (Category: Peak, Summit)

⚠️N. feleg, n. “(animal’s) horn; steep mountain peak” (Category: Peak, Summit): S. feleg “cave, ⚠️mine, underground dwelling”

A deleted word in The Etymologies of the 1930s, the only derivative of the deleted root ᴹ√PHELEK “(animal’s) horn; steep mountain peak” and thus probably of similar meaning (EtyAC/PHELÉK). In later writings, S. feleg was a word for “cave”.

Reference ✧ EtyAC/PHELÉK ✧ “(animal’s) horn; steep mountain peak”

Derivations

< ᴹ√PHELEK “(animal’s) horn; steep mountain peak” ✧ EtyAC/PHELÉK (PHELÉK)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√PHELÉK > feleg

[pʰeleke] > [ɸeleke] > [feleke] > [felek] > [feleg]

✧ EtyAC/PHELÉK