Does anyone have any idea what "Drega", imperative for 'Flee!" might be in Quenya? Is there a root? Any guesses on what Drega might sound like in Quenya? Reha? Reca? Could Heca have some connection? It means "get away, stand aside...
For drega- (the imperative is drego btw) no root is given in the sources, but based on BEREK > bregol we could suppose it's *DEREK , or possibly *NDEREK. The former could yield *lerka-, the latter *nerka- (cf. also EREK > erka-)
Hanta le, nildor! Looks like Prof T. may have been thinking of a connection when he thought up the two roots. fear -based fleeing toward rescue/salvation.
Tamas Ferencz Aug 04, 2017 (23:44)
http://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2786064501.html
For drega- (the imperative is drego btw) no root is given in the sources, but based on BEREK > bregol we could suppose it's *DEREK , or possibly *NDEREK. The former could yield *lerka-, the latter *nerka- (cf. also EREK > erka-)
Paul Strack Aug 05, 2017 (00:00)
eldamo.org - Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : REK
See PE18/93-4 for the discussion of d-strengthening, favored in Telerin but abandoned in Quenya.
If so, the original meaning may have been "*save (our, your) self"
Tamas Ferencz Aug 05, 2017 (00:20)
Evan A Aug 05, 2017 (21:34)