Eldamo : Middle Quenya : meren(de)

ᴹQ. meren(de) (merend-) n. “feast, festival” (Category: Festival, Holiday)

ᴹQ. meren(dë) (merend-), n. “feast, festival” (Category: Festival, Holiday): ᴱQ. calendë “festival, a special day”

A noun for “feast, festival” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√M(B)ER (Ety/MBER). It had a longer form merende, and a stem form of {mern- >>} merend- (Ety/MBER; EtyAC/MBER).

References ✧ Ety/MBER; EtyAC/MBER

Glosses

“feast, festival” ✧ Ety/MBER (meren); EtyAC/MBER (meren)

Variations

meren ✧ Ety/MBER; EtyAC/MBER (meren)
merende ✧ Ety/MBER

Changes

mern- >> merend- ✧ EtyAC/MBER

Inflections

mernen	genitive	✧ EtyAC/MBER
merend-	stem	✧ Ety/MBER
mern-	stem	✧ EtyAC/MBER

Element In

ᴺQ. !merenya- “to be festive, celebrate”

Cognates

N. bereth² “feast, festival” ✧ Ety/MBER

Derivations

< ᴹ√M(B)ER “*feast, festive” ✧ Ety/MBER (MBER); EtyAC/MBER (MER); EtyAC/MBER (MER)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MBER > meren	[mberende] > [mberend] > [merend] !!! [meren]	✧ Ety/MBER
ᴹ√MER > meren	[meren]	✧ EtyAC/MBER
ᴹ√MER > mernen	[merenen] > [mernen]	✧ EtyAC/MBER