Gnomish
âl
noun. wood (material)
Changes
ald→ âl ✧ GL/19ald→ âl “wood (material)” ✧ LT1A/AldaronCognates
- Eq. alda “tree, branch” ✧ GL/19
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶alda > âl [alda] > [ald] > [all] > [āl] ✧ PE13/109 Variations
- ald ✧ GL/19 (
ald); LT1A/Aldaron (ald)
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as {ald >>} âl “wood (material)” (GL/19), a derivative of the root ᴱ√ALA “spread” which was the basis of other “wood” words, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Aldaron). This word appeared unglossed in Gnomish Lexicon Slips as a derivative of ᴱ✶alda, but was equated to G. awl, possibly “lofty” (PE13/109).