N. bereth² n. “feast, festival” (Category: Festival, Holiday)

⚠️N. bereth², n. “feast, festival” (Category: Festival, Holiday)

S. mereth “feast, [N.] festival”

References ✧ Ety/MBER

Glosses

• “feast, festival” ✧ Ety/MBER; Ety/MBER (mereth)

Variations

• bereth ✧ Ety/MBER
• mereth ✧ Ety/MBER

Changes

• mereth >> bereth ✧ Ety/MBER

Element In

• N. Mereth Aderthad “Feast of (Games and) Reuniting” ✧ Ety/MBER

Cognates

• ᴹQ. meren(de) “feast, festival” ✧ Ety/MBER (meren)

Derivations

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

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MBER > bereth	[mberette] > [mberettʰe] > [mbereθθe] > [bereθθe] > [bereθθ] > [bereθ]	✧ Ety/MBER
ᴹ√MER > mereth	[merette] > [merettʰe] > [mereθθe] > [mereθθ] > [mereθ]	✧ Ety/MBER

G. dulwen n. “feast” (Category: Festival, Holiday)

Reference ✧ GL/31 ✧ “a feast”

Elements

?ᴱ√DULU	“*dinner, dine”
#-wen¹	“noun suffix”	✧ GL/31 (#-wen)