Eldamo : Middle Quenya : hiswa

ᴹQ. hiswa [þ] adj. “grey” (Category: Grey)

ᴹQ. hiswa [þ], adj. “grey [of weather], *foggy, overcast; ⚠️[ᴱQ.] dim, fading” (Category: Grey)

This word is glossed “grey” in The Etymologies, but perhaps means “*foggy, overcast”, since Sindarin cognate hethw means “foggy, obscure, vague” and related noun hiswë means “fog”. @@@

Reference ✧ Ety/KHIS ✧ “grey”

Elements

hiswe	“fog”
#-a	“adjectival suffix”

Cognates

Ilk. hedhu “grey” ✧ Ety/KHIS (heðu)
N. hethw “foggy, obscure, vague” ✧ Ety/KHIS

Derivations

< ᴹ✶khithwa ✧ Ety/KHIS
- < ᴹ√KHITH “mist, fog” ✧ Ety/KHIS

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶khithwa > hiswa

[kʰitʰwa] > [kʰiθwa] > [xiθwa] > [hiθwa] > [hiswa]

✧ Ety/KHIS

ᴱQ. hiswa adj. “dim, fading” (Category: Dark, Murky)

References ✧ PME/40; QL/40; VT40/8

Glosses

“dim” ✧ PME/40
“dim, fading” ✧ QL/40

Element In

ᴱQ. súlimarya sildai, hiswa timpe “*slender columns of pearl, a dim rain” ✧ VT40/8

Derivations

< ᴱ√HISI “*mist, dimness” ✧ QL/40

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√HISI > hiswa

[xiswā] > [xiswa] > [hiswa]

✧ QL/40