peth

Peth is the Sindarin word for "word".^[1]

[edit] Etymology

Possible Old Sindarin *pettha (Root KWETE)^[1]

[edit] Examples

• Malbeth, where perhaps is used in the agentive sense, "speaker".
• athrabeth
• lasto beth lammen "Hear the word of my tongue"^[2]

[edit] Cognates

• Quenya quetta

• Adûnaic bêth (obviously a loanword)

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", KWET
2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"