N. caw n. “top” (Category: Top)
A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “top” derived under the root ᴹ√KAS “head” (Ety/KAS). It is probably derived from primitive *kāsa, with long ā becoming au as usual, and intervocalic s becoming h and then vanishing.
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies, N. caw replaced a deleted word N. câs “top, summit; beginning” (EtyAC/KAS). Early Noldorin word lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. câ “top” (PE13/121, 140), probably of similar origin.
Reference ✧ Ety/KAS ✧ “top”
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| ᴹ√KAS > caw | [kāsa] > [kǭsa] > [kǭha] > [kouha] > [kauha] > [kauh] > [kau] | ✧ Ety/KAS |
N. câs n. “top, summit; beginning”
Reference ✧ EtyAC/KAS ✧ “top, summit; beginning”
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| ᴹ√KAS > câs | [kasse] > [kass] > [kāss] > [kās] | ✧ EtyAC/KAS |
ᴱN. câ n. “top” (Category: Top)
References ✧ PE13/121, 140, 151
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| i·chain | nasal-mutation plural; c-mutation | ✧ PE13/121 |
| i·cha | soft-mutation; c-mutation | ✧ PE13/121 |
| o·cha | stop-mutation; c-mutation | ✧ PE13/121 |
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