S. taer adj. “lofty” (Category: High)
A Sindarin word for “lofty” mentioned as the equivalent of Q. tára “tall”, proof that the primitive form was ✶tagra < √TAƷ since aʒr > air and then aer in Sindarin, but aʒr > ār in Quenya (PE17/186).
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had ON. tōra “lofty” as the equivalent of ᴹQ. tára “lofty, high” under the root ᴹ√TĀ/TAƷ (Ety/TĀ; EtyAC/TĀ), but due to differences in the primitive form in ᴹ✶tārā in the 1930s, this produced N. taur which blended with primitive ᴹ✶taurā < ᴹ√TUR to gain the senses “vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful; high, sublime” (Ety/TUR).
Earlier still, the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. dara “lofty” (GL/29) equivalent to ᴱQ. tára “lofty” (QL/87). In this period the root likely began with D, as in *ᴱ√DAHA, since in Early Qenya of the 1910s, primitive initial voiced stops were unvoiced [ᴱ✶d- > ᴱQ. t-].
References ✧ PE17/186
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| ✶tagra > taer | [taɣra] > [tagra] > [taɣra] > [taira] > [tair] > [taer] | ✧ PE17/186 |
ON. tōra adj. “lofty”
References ✧ Ety/TĀ; EtyAC/TĀ
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| ᴹ✶tārā > tōra | [tārā] > [tāra] > [tǭra] | ✧ Ety/TĀ |
G. dara adj. “lofty” (Category: High)
References ✧ GL/29; LT1A/Qalmë-Tári
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