*golu (i ngolu = i ñolu, o n**golu = o ñgolu) (secret lore), analogical pl. gely (in gely = i ñgely) if there is a pl. Archaic golw, hence golwath** as the likely coll. pl.
Quenya
nolwë
wisdom, secret lore
Sindarin
golu
wisdom
golu
wisdom
(i ngolu = i ñolu, o n’golu = o ñgolu) (secret lore), analogical pl. gely (in gely = i ñgely) if there is a pl. Archaic golw, hence golwath as the likely coll. pl.
saelas
noun. wisdom
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Elements
Word Gloss sael “wise” -as “abstract noun”
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Edain
nóm
noun. Wisdom
Probably deliberately similar to Gnome @@@
Cognates
- Q. Noldo “one of the wise folk, Gnome” ✧ WJI/Noldor
sômar
noun. Wisdom
Changes
- Sômar → Nóm ✧ WJI/Sômar
Cognates
- Q. Noldo “one of the wise folk, Gnome” ✧ WJI/Noldor
vidri
noun. Wisdom
Changes
- Vidri → Sômar “Wisdom” ✧ WJI/Vidri
Qenya
nolwe
noun. wisdom, (secret) lore
Changes
nolwe→ ñolwe ✧ Ety/ÑGOLCognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√ÑGOL “wise, wisdom, be wise” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÑGOL > ñolwe [ŋgolwe] > [ŋolwe] > [nolwe] ✧ Ety/ÑGOL Variations
- ñolwe ✧ Ety/ÑGOL; EtyAC/ÑGOL
- ŋolwe ✧ PE22/022
nóle
noun. wisdom
Changes
nóle→ ñóle ✧ Ety/ÑGOLCognates
- N. gûl “magic” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL
Derivations
- ᴹ√ÑGOL “wise, wisdom, be wise” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÑGOL > ñóle [ŋgōle] > [ŋōle] > [nōle] ✧ Ety/ÑGOL Variations
- ñóle ✧ Ety/ÑGOL
Taliska
widris
noun. Wisdom
Changes
- Widris → Vidri ✧ WJI/Vidri
Early Noldorin
gûl
noun. wisdom
Derivations
- ᴱ√ŊOLO “to know”
Element in
- En. u(r)ngúl “without wisdom” ✧ PE13/156
nolwë ("ñ")noun "wisdom, secret lore" (ÑGOL)