I'm trying to make a Sindarin cognate for the Quenya word cesta-. Taking it back to its root, it'd be KETH+TAA. I've been looking for an analogue to figure out how /θt/ would change through the ages, but I'm coming up empty. My intuition says this would become *cetha-, but I'm not sure. Any thoughts?
We are probably yet to see a verb example including the suggested combination. For a sound-history of a noun, Gateway p. 34 gives "CE *kotʰtâ > *kottâ ([which became N] cost)"
I'm looking at the entry you mentioned, and it says (4.7) " d and tʰ became t before t" Then later, (4.8) "_t_ became ts before t" then later, (4.9) "_t_ disappeared before st"
So if you follow that line of reasoning, I guess that KETH+TAA would become the verb *cesta- in Sindarin too. Thanks!
Tamas Ferencz Jan 17, 2015 (22:43)
ܤܡܝ ܦܠܕܢܝܘܤ Jan 17, 2015 (22:44)
"CE *kotʰtâ > *kottâ ([which became N] cost)"
Fiona Jallings Jan 17, 2015 (23:39)
Then later, (4.8) "_t_ became ts before t"
then later, (4.9) "_t_ disappeared before st"
So if you follow that line of reasoning, I guess that KETH+TAA would become the verb *cesta- in Sindarin too. Thanks!