oeruil

noun. seaweed

oeruil

noun. seaweed

The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. uil “seaweed” under the root ᴹ√UY, along with a longer form N. oeruil “seaweed” where the initial element was N. oer “sea” (Ety/UY).

Neo-Sindarin: In Tolkien’s later writings, the word for “sea” was typically gaear (or gaer in compounds), so I would update the longer form to ᴺS. gaeruil for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. earuile “seaweed” ✧ Ety/UY

uil

noun. seaweed

uil

noun. seaweed

The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. uil “seaweed” under the root ᴹ√UY, along with a longer form N. oeruil “seaweed” where the initial element was N. oer “sea” (Ety/UY).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. uile “long trailing plant” ✧ Ety/UY

Derivations

• ᴹ√UY “*long trailing plant” ✧ Ety/UY

Element in

• ᴺS. alfuil “large white sea-bird, albatross, †swan”
• ᴺS. gaeruil “seaweed”
• N. oeruil “seaweed” ✧ Ety/UY

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√UY > uil	[ujle] > [uile] > [uil]	✧ Ety/UY