S. #aeg adj. “sharp” (Category: Sharp)

S. #aeg, adj. “sharp, [N.] pointed, piercing” (Category: Sharp)

ᴱN. eitheb “thorny, sharp”

G. aitheb “sharp, piercing”

G. aithra “piercing, sharp; thorny”

References ✧ PM/347; SA/nár

Glosses

• “fell, terrible, dire” ✧ PM/347 (**aeg)
• “sharp” ✧ SA/nár (#Aeg)

Related

• Q. aica “fell, terrible, dire” may be a false cognate of #aeg “sharp”

Element In

• S. #aeglir “line of peaks”
• S. Aeglos “Snow-point”
• S. aeglos “icicle, (lit.) snow-point; snowthorn (a plant)”
• S. Aegnor “Fell Fire, Sharp Flame” ✧ SA/nár
• S. Crissaegrim “*Cleft Mountain Peaks”
• S. Ecthelion “?One with Sharp Will”
• S. Egalmoth “Pointed Helm-crest”

N. oeg adj. “sharp, pointed, piercing” (Category: Sharp)

Reference ✧ Ety/AYAK ✧ “sharp, pointed, piercing”

Element In

• N. Crisaegrim
• N. oeglir “range of mountain peaks” ✧ Ety/AYAK
• N. oegas “mountain peak” ✧ Ety/AYAK

Cognates

• ᴹQ. aika “sharp” ✧ Ety/AYAK

Derivations

• < ᴹ√AYAK “sharp, pointed” ✧ Ety/AYAK

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√AYAK > oeg

[ajka] > [aika] > [aik] > [aig] > [oeg]

✧ Ety/AYAK

ᴱN. aig adj. “high, steep” (Category: High)

References ✧ PE13/136, 158

Glosses

• “high” ✧ PE13/136
• “high, steep” ✧ PE13/158

Variations

• aig ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158

Related

• aig “high, steep” pl. unchanged or aigin ✧ PE13/158

Inflections

aigin

plural

✧ PE13/158

Element In

• ᴱN. aiglir “peak, mountain top” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158

Cognates

• ᴱQ. aiqa “steep, tall; high, lofty, sublime; chief” ✧ PE13/158

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶aika ✧ PE13/158
  • < oig < aika ✧ PE13/158

G. aisc adj. and n. “sharp, bitter; sharp edge of a blade” (Category: Sharp)

References ✧ GL/18, 31

Glosses

• “sharp, bitter; sharp edge of a blade” ✧ GL/18

Related

• esc “sharp point, sharp edge” cp. aisc ✧ GL/31

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶aith-k ✧ GL/31
  • < ᴱ√EKE “*point” ✧ GL/31 (aχa)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶aith-k > aisc

[aiθk] > [aisk]

✧ GL/31