A word appearing as {finweth >>} finwi, fimli “skill” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, apparently a noun form of G. fim “clever, right hand” (GL/35).
Gnomish
curu
noun. magic
curus
noun. witch
curufin
masculine name. Crafty
curug
noun. wizard
curusôn
noun. witchcraft
curuthli
noun. enchantments, sorcery
ador
noun. father
bâb
noun. father
fimli
noun. skill
finwi
noun. skill
mablios
adjective. cunning
man
masculine name. Man
nathon
noun. father
thairin
adjective. magic
thothweg
noun. wizard
A word for “father” in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips (PE13/111). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s itself, G. babi or baba was “mummy, mamma” (GL/21, 57). As pointed out by Gilson, Welden, Hostetter and Wynne, there is a complementary change of {nân “father” >>} G. nân “mother” elsewhere in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips (PE13/115).