Eldamo : Sindarin : per-

S. #per- pref. “half” (Category: Half)

S. #per-, pref. “half” (Category: Half)

A prefix for “half-” implied by names like Peredhil “Half-elven” (LotR/1034) and Perhael “Half-wise” [Samwise] (PE17/102), clearly based on the root √PER of the same meaning (PE17/173).

Reference ✧ PE17/102 ✧ #Per- “half”

Element In

ᴺS. !perthol “peninsula”
S. Peredhel “Half-elf”
S. Perhael “Samwise, (lit.) Half-wise” ✧ PE17/102
S. Perian “Halfling, Hobbit”

Cognates

Q. #per- “half-”

Derivations

< √PER “half”

N. #per- pref. “half” (Category: Half)

Reference ✧ SD/118 ✧ #Per “half”

Element In

N. Perhail “Halfwise” ✧ SD/118

Derivations

< ᴹ√PER “divide in middle, halve”