Quenya 

maril

glass, crystal

maril noun "glass, crystal" (VT46:13; if this is to be the same word as the second element of Silmaril, the stem-form would be marill-, cf. pl. Silmarilli)

calca

glass

calca noun "glass" (VT47:35); compare hyellë, cilin.

calca

noun. glass

Cognates

  • T. calca “glass” ✧ VT47/35; VT47/35

Derivations

  • √KALAK “glass” ✧ VT47/35

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√KALAK > calca[kalka]✧ VT47/35

cilin

glass

cilin noun "glass" ("often used as in English ("often used as in English for any thing or implement made of glass") (PE17:37). Compare calca, hyellë.

cilin

noun. glass, glass [transluscent or reflective]

Element in

  • Q. cilintilla “looking-glass, looking-glass, *mirror” ✧ PE17/037
  • Q. cilinyul “drinking-vessel (made of glass)” ✧ PE17/037

hyellë

glass

hyellë noun "glass" (KHYEL(ES), VT45:23; the later source also provides the unglossed form hyelma, which may be a synonym of hyellë; alternatively hyellë could be "glass" as a substance, whereas hyelma_ rather refers to "a glass" as a drinking vessel). _In later sources, cilin or calca is given as the word for "glass".

imirë

noun. crystal

Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Sindarin 

silef

noun. crystal

_n. _crystal (white). >> silivren

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:23] _-_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

heledh

noun. glass

Sindarin [S/433] Group: SINDICT. Published by

heledh

noun. glass

Cognates

  • Kh. kheled “glass” ✧ RS/466

Derivations

  • Kh. kheled “glass” ✧ PE17/037; RS/466; SA/khelek

Element in

  • ᴺS. heledhren “glassy, like glass, of glass”
  • S. Helevorn “Black Glass” ✧ PE17/037; RS/466; SA/khelek

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
Kh. kheled > heleð[kʰeled] > [xeled] > [xeleð] > [heleð]✧ PE17/037

Variations

  • heleð ✧ PE17/037; RS/466
Sindarin [PE17/037; RS/466; SA/khelek] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ivor

crystal

analogical pl. ivyr;

ivrin

crystalline

no distinct pl. form.

bril Speculative

noun. glass, crystal

Derivations

Element in

  • S. Brilthor “Glittering Torrent”
  • S. cenedril “mirror, looking-glass, (lit.) looking-crystal”

heledh

glass

heledh (i cheledh, o cheledh), pl. helidh (i chelidh) if there is a pl.

heledh

glass

(i cheledh, o cheledh), pl. helidh (i chelidh) if there is a pl.

Telerin 

calca

noun. glass

Cognates

  • Q. calca “glass” ✧ VT47/35; VT47/35

Derivations

  • √KALAK “glass” ✧ VT47/35

Khuzdûl

kheled

noun. glass

Cognates

  • S. heledh “glass” ✧ RS/466

Derivatives

  • S. heledh “glass” ✧ PE17/037; RS/466; SA/khelek
  • S. Helevorn “Black Glass” ✧ PE17/037

Element in

  • Kh. Kheled-zâram “Mirrormere” ✧ PE17/037; RS/466; SA/khelek
Khuzdûl [PE17/037; RS/466; SA/khelek] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Primitive elvish

kalak

root. glass

A root appearing in etymological notes from 1968 glossed “glass” with Quenya and Telerin derivatives Q./T. calca of the same meaning (VT47/35). It seems to be a late restoration of the much earlier root ᴱ√kail(i)k or ᴱ√tail(i)k that was the basis of “glass” words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s; in this early period the Qenya derivatives began with t- and the Gnomish derivatives with c- [k-] (GL/25). It may also have replaced Q. cilin (< ✱√KILIN?) from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/37). Given its Quenya/Telerin derivatives, √KALAK was probably coined in Aman as was also the case with earlier Q. cilin, since the Sindarin word for “glass” is the unrelated word S. heledh borrowed from Khuzdul (PE17/37).

Derivatives

  • Q. calca “glass” ✧ VT47/35
  • T. calca “glass” ✧ VT47/35
Primitive elvish [VT47/35] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

cenedril

noun. looking-glass, mirror

Noldorin [TI/184, RS/466] cened+rill. Group: SINDICT. Published by

hele

noun. glass

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. hyelle “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)

Derivations

  • On. kheleha “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)
    • ᴹ✶khyelesē “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)
    • ᴹ√KHYEL(ES) “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)

Element in

  • N. Helevorn “Black Glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. kheleha > hele[xeleha] > [xeleh] > [xele] > [hele]✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)
Noldorin [Ety/KHYEL(ES)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

maril

noun. glass, crystal

Element in

hyelle

noun. glass

Cognates

  • On. kheleha “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)
  • N. hele “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHYEL(ES) “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHYEL(ES) > hyelle[kʰjelle] > [xjelle] > [j̊elle]✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)
Qenya [Ety/KHYEL(ES)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

bril

noun. glass, crystal

A word for “glass, crystal” developed from the primitive form ᴹ✶mbiríl- (Ety/MBIRIL), because in Ilkorin unstressed initial syllables reduced to favored clusters.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. miril “shining jewel” ✧ Ety/MBIRIL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MBIRIL “*crystal” ✧ Ety/MBIRIL

Element in

  • Ilk. Brilthor “Glittering Torrent” ✧ Ety/MBIRIL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MBIRÍL > bril[mbiríl] > [mbríl] > [bríl]✧ Ety/MBIRIL
Doriathrin [Ety/MBIRIL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

kheleha

noun. glass

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. hyelle “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶khyelesē “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)
    • ᴹ√KHYEL(ES) “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)

Derivatives

  • N. hele “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶khyelesē > khelesa > kheleha[kʰjelesē] > [kʰelesē] > [kʰelese] > [kʰelesa] > [xelese] > [xeleha]✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)

Variations

  • khelelia ✧ EtyAC/KHYEL(ES)
Old Noldorin [Ety/KHYEL(ES); EtyAC/KHYEL(ES)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

mbiril

root. *crystal

An unglossed root appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a combination of ᴹ√MIR and ᴹ√RIL, with derivatives like ᴹQ. miril “shining jewel” and Ilk. bril “glass, crystal” (Ety/MBIRIL). The latter was an element in the name Ilk. Brilthor “Glittering Torrent” (LR/263). Tolkien’s continued use of the name S. Brilthor in later versions of The Silmarillion hint at its continuing validity (S/123; WJ/13), though it could be a remnant of earlier ideas that Tolkien never re-examined.

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. miril “shining jewel” ✧ Ety/MBIRIL
  • ᴹQ. mirilya- “to glitter” ✧ Ety/MBIRIL
  • S. bril “glass, crystal”
  • Ilk. bril “glass, crystal” ✧ Ety/MBIRIL

Variations

  • MBIRÍL ✧ Ety/MBIRIL
  • MBÍRIL ✧ EtyAC/MIR
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MBIRIL; EtyAC/MBIRIL; EtyAC/MIR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

khyelesē

noun. glass

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHYEL(ES) “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)

Derivatives

  • On. kheleha “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)
    • N. hele “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KHYEL(ES)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

khyel(es)

root. glass

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “glass” with derivatives in both Quenya and Noldorin with the same meaning: ᴹQ. hyelle and N. hele (Ety/KHYEL(ES)). After Tolkien changed Noldorin to Sindarin, he decided that “There was no common Eldarin word for glass”, and that the Sindarin word S. heledh was derived from Khuzdul kheled (PE17/37). Thus the root ᴹ√KHYEL(ES) was abandoned.

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶khyelesē “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)
    • On. kheleha “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)
    • N. hele “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)
  • ᴹQ. hyelle “glass” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)
  • ᴹQ. hyelma “[unglossed]” ✧ Ety/KHYEL(ES)

Variations

  • KHEL-ES/-ET ✧ EtyAC/KHYEL(ES)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KHYEL(ES); EtyAC/KHYEL(ES)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

glint

noun. crystal

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GILI “*shine (pale)”

Element in

Gnomish [GL/27; GL/39; LT1A/Ilinsor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sincli

noun. crystal

Cognates

Element in

Gnomish [GL/39; GL/67] Group: Eldamo. Published by

talp

noun. glass

Changes

  • talp → talp “glass” ✧ GL/69

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶talqă > talp[talkʷa] > [talpa] > [talp]✧ GL/69

Variations

  • talp ✧ GL/69 (talp)

celeg

noun. glass

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KAILIK “*glass” ✧ GL/25

Element in

  • G. celegrin “glassy, like glass” ✧ GL/25

Variations

  • caileg ✧ GL/25

Early Noldorin

caileg

noun. glass

celch

noun. glass

Variations

  • caileg ✧ PE13/140
Early Noldorin [PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

sintl

noun. crystal

Cognates

Derivations

Element in

  • Eq. Korosintl “Ball of Crystal”
  • Eq. sintilis “sparkling as of crystal” ✧ QL/085

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SṆT͡YṆ > sintl[sṇtʲl] > [sintʲl] > [sintḷ]✧ QL/085
Early Quenya [PME/085; QL/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by

talqe

noun. glass

Cognates

  • G. celc “glass, a glass” ✧ GL/25

Derivations

Element in

  • Eq. talku- “to glaze” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. talqea “glassy” ✧ QL/088
  • Eq. talqina “made of glass” ✧ QL/088

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶taı̯lkwē > talqe[tailkʷē] > [tailkʷe] > [talkʷe]✧ GL/25

Variations

  • Talqe ✧ QL/088
Early Quenya [GL/25; PME/088; QL/088] Group: Eldamo. Published by