Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : PATH

√PATH root. “smooth (to feel), silky”

√PATH root. “smooth (to feel), silky”

This root first appeared as unglossed ᴹ√PATH in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. pasta/N. path “smooth” and N. pathw “level place, sward” (Ety/PATH). It reappeared in the Outline of Phonology from the early 1950s as √PATH “to smooth” (PE19/88), and again in etymological notes from 1959 as √PĂTH/PAS “smooth (to feel), silky” (PE17/171).

References ✧ PE17/158, 171; PE19/88

Glosses

“smooth” ✧ PE17/158 (PĂTH)
“smooth (to feel), silky” ✧ PE17/171 (PĂTH)
“to smooth” ✧ PE19/88

Variations

PATH ✧ PE19/88
PĂTH ✧ PE17/158; PE17/171
PAS ✧ PE17/158; PE17/171

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. !pásë “linen”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !páselanne “linen-cloth”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !páselarma “linen-raiment”
> ᴺS. !path- “to smooth”
> ✶pathnā “smooth” ✧ PE19/88
- > Q. †patta “smoothed, sleek” ✧ PE19/88
  - > Q. pasta “smooth(ed), sleek, glabrous” ✧ PE19/88
> Q. pas- “to smooth” ✧ PE19/88; PE19/89
- ⇒ Q. pasta- “to smooth, iron”
> Q. pasta “smooth(ed), sleek, glabrous” ✧ PE17/171
> Q. pasta- “to smooth, iron” ✧ PE17/171

ᴹ√PATH root. “*smooth”

See √PATH for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/PAT, PATH; EtyAC/PATH

PAT ✧ EtyAC/PATH
PAT ✧ Ety/PAT

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶pathmā “level place, sward” ✧ Ety/PATH
- > ᴺQ. !paswa “sward”
- > ON. pathwa “level place, sward” ✧ Ety/PATH
  - > N. pathw “level place, sward” ✧ Ety/PATH
> ᴹ✶pathnā “smooth” ✧ Ety/PATH
- > ᴹQ. pasta “smooth” ✧ Ety/PATH
- > ON. pattha “smooth” ✧ Ety/PATH
  - > N. path “smooth” ✧ Ety/PATH