Ilk. galbreth n. “beech” (Category: Beech)

Ilk. galbreth n. “beech” (Category: Beech)

A Doriathrin (and Falathrin) noun for “beech (tree)”, a combination of gald “tree” and breth “(beech) mast” (Ety/GALAD, BERÉTH). The second element originally meant “beech”, but later meant “mast”; this original meaning seems to be preserved in this compound.

References ✧ Ety/BERÉTH, GALAD, NEL

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gald “tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD
breth “(beech) mast, *beech nut” ✧ Ety/BERÉTH
ᴹ√GALAD “tree” ✧ Ety/BERÉTH; Ety/NEL
ᴹ√BERETH “beech” ✧ Ety/GALAD (BERÉTH); Ety/NEL (BERÉTH)