S. ereg n. “holly, thorn” (Category: Vegetation (other))
The Sindarin word for “holly”, most notably as an element in the name S. Eregion “Hollin” (SA/ereg; PE17/42). N. ereg “holly-tree” first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on the root ᴹ√EREK “thorn”, along with a longer variant N. eregdos where the second element was N. toss “low-growing tree” (Ety/ERÉK, TUS).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had two different words for “holly”: G. criscolas “holly” = crisc “sharp” + lass “leaf” (GL/27), as well as G. sempios “holly” = sen “brown-red” + a variant of piog “berry” (GL/67).
References ✧ PE17/42; SA/ereg
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Element In
N. ereg¹ n. “holly-tree” (Category: Vegetation (other))
References ✧ Ety/ERÉK
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Inflections
| erig | plural | ✧ Ety/ERÉK |
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√ERÉK > ereg | [ereke] > [erek] > [ereg] | ✧ Ety/ERÉK |
| ᴹ√ERÉK > erig | [ereki] > [eriki] > [erik] > [erig] | ✧ Ety/ERÉK |
G. criscolas n. “holly, (lit.) *sharp-leaf” (Category: Vegetation (other))
References ✧ GL/27, 67
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Elements
| crisc | “sharp” | ✧ GL/27 | |
| lass | “leaf; petal” | suffix | ✧ GL/27 (#las) |