Quenya 

huo

dog

huo noun "dog" (KHUG, see KHUGAN; cf. hú, huan). Also roa.

roa

dog

roa noun "dog" (VT47:35). Also huo.

röa

noun. dog

A word for “dog” appearing in 1968 notes on monosyllabic primitive Elvish nouns (VT47/35). Of the primitive forms, Tolkien first gave ✶wā(w) “dog” and ✶grā “bear”, but ✶wā(w) was struck through and the gloss of ✶grā was changed to “dog”, after which Tolkien wrote Q. roa “dog” (VT47/36). He seems to have been disatisfied with this derivation, however, going on to write a number of primitive animal roots in the upper margin, including ✶yarr- “dog”.

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. roa “a wild beast” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶raw̯a under the early root ᴱ√RAVA or ᴱ√RAẆA (QL/79).

Neo-Quenya: Giving Tolkien’s vacillations on these 1968 forms, I’d stick to the better known ᴹQ. huo as the common word for “dog” in (Neo) Quenya, which is the word used in Helge Fauskanger’s NQNT (NQNT).

Derivations

  • ✶grawa “dog” ✧ VT47/35
    • √GRAW “[unglossed], [ᴹ√] dark, swart” ✧ VT47/35

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶grawa > roa[grawa] > [ɣrawa] > [ɣroa] > [roa]✧ VT47/35

Variations

  • roa ✧ VT47/35

harma

wolf

[harma (2) noun "wolf" (3ARAM). The gloss "hound" was inserted, but then deleted (VT45:17)]

narmo

wolf

narmo ("ñ")noun "wolf" (ÑGAR(A)M; both the old form ñarmo = *ngarmo and the Third Age form narmo are given). Another word for "wolf" is ráca.

nauro

noun. wolf

wolf, werewolf of Morgoth

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ráca

wolf

ráca ("k") noun "wolf" (DARÁK). Another word for "wolf" is narmo.

Sindarin 

draug

noun. wolf

Sindarin [Ety/354, S/430] Group: SINDICT. Published by

draug

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf”, most notably appearing as an element in the name of the great werewolf S. Draugluin. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. draug “wolf” was derived from the root ᴹ√DARAK (Ety/DARÁK).

Element in

  • S. Draugluin “*Blue (Were)wolf” ✧ SA/draug
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gaurwaith

noun. wolf-men

Sindarin [UT/85, UT/90] gaur+gwaith. Group: SINDICT. Published by

hû

dog

hû (i chû, o chu, construct hu), pl. hui (i chui)

hû

dog

(i chû, o chu, construct hu), pl. hui (i chui)

draug

wolf

1) draug (i dhraug), pl. droeg (in droeg), coll. pl. drogath; 2) garaf (i ngaraf = i ñaraf, o n**garaf = o ñgaraf), pl. geraif (in geraif = i ñgeraif), coll. pl. garavath**, 3)

draug

wolf

(i dhraug), pl. droeg (in droeg), coll. pl. drogath

fuin

night, nightshade, dead of night

(gloom, darkness). No distinct pl. form.

daw

nighttime

(i dhaw) (gloom), pl. doe (i noe), coll. pl. ?dawath or ?doath.

dû

night

(i dhû) (nightfall, dusk, late evening, darkness), pl. dui (i nui) (SD:302)

garaf

wolf

(i ngaraf = i ñaraf, o n’garaf = o ñgaraf), pl. geraif (in geraif = i ñgeraif), coll. pl. garavath

gaur

wolf

(i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth = i ñaurhoth).

morn

night

(i vorn) (darkness), pl. myrn (i myrn). Note: the word is also used as an adjective ”dark, black” (Letters:386).

dúath

nightshade

(i dhúath) (dark shadow), pl. dúaith (i núaith).

tinnu

early night without a moon

(i dinnu, o thinnu) (dusk, twilight), pl. tinny (i thynny) if there is a pl.

Adûnaic

raba

noun. dog

A noun translated “dog” and fully declined as an example of a Strong II noun (SD/437). It is also used as an example of a common-noun that can be altered to masculine and feminine forms rabô “male dog” and rabê “bitch” (SD/434).

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Primitive elvish

grawa

noun. dog

Derivations

  • √GRAW “[unglossed], [ᴹ√] dark, swart” ✧ VT47/35

Derivatives

  • Q. röa “dog” ✧ VT47/35
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wā(w)

noun. dog

Changes

  • wā(w) → grā “dog” ✧ VT47/35
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yarr-

noun. dog, dog; *growl, snarl

In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien gave the root ᴱ√YAPA “snarl, snap, bark ill-temperedly” (QL/105). It had no derivatives in QL, but in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon the words G. gab- “bark, bay (of dogs)” and G. gôbi “a large hound” were clearly related (GL/36). There were no similar forms for many years, but then primitive ✶yarr- “dog” appeared in notes from 1968 (VT47/36). This later primitive was likely related to Q. yarra- “growl, snarl” from the Q. Markirya poem of this same period (MC/223), perhaps from a root ✱√YAR.

Derivatives

  • ᴺQ. yarra “️growl, snarl”
  • Q. yarra- “to growl, snarl”
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grā

noun. dog, bear

Changes

  • grā → grā “bear” ✧ VT47/35

Derivations

  • √GRAW “[unglossed], [ᴹ√] dark, swart” ✧ VT47/35

Derivatives

  • S. graw “bear” ✧ VT47/12
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ñgūr

noun. wolf

Element in

Primitive elvish [PE21/82] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

hû

noun. dog

Noldorin [Ety/364] Group: SINDICT. Published by

hû

noun. dog

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. huo “dog” ✧ Ety/KHUGAN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHUG “bark, bay” ✧ Ety/KHUGAN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHUG > hû[kʰugo] > [xugo] > [xuɣo] > [xuɣ] > [xūɣ] > [xū] > [hū]✧ Ety/KHUGAN
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araf

noun. wolf, dog

Changes

  • aram → araf “swift dog, wolf, small dog” ✧ EtyAC/ƷARAM
  • araf → araf “dog” ✧ EtyAC/ƷARAM

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. harma “wolf, hound” ✧ Ety/ƷARAM; EtyAC/ƷARAM

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGARAM “*wolf” ✧ Ety/ƷARAM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ƷARAM > araf[ɣaramā] > [aramā] > [arama] > [aram] > [arav]✧ Ety/ƷARAM

Variations

  • aram ✧ EtyAC/ƷARAM (aram)
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draug

noun. wolf

Noldorin [Ety/354, S/430] Group: SINDICT. Published by

draug

noun. wolf

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. ráka “wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶d’rāk ✧ Ety/DARÁK
    • ᴹ√DARAK “*wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶d’rāk > draug[darā́ka] > [drāka] > [drǭka] > [drouka] > [drauka] > [drauk] > [draug]✧ Ety/DARÁK
Noldorin [Ety/DARÁK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

garaf

noun. wolf

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

garaf

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGARAM (Ety/ÑGAR(A)M).

Conceptual Development: This word seems to have replaced N. araf or aram derived from the rejected root ᴹ√ƷARAM with various glosses like “wolf” or (small or swift) “dog” (Ety/ƷARAM; EtyAC/ƷARAM). This in turn may be a later iteration of G. harog or harw “wolf” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with feminine variant G. harach “a she-wolf” (GL/48).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. narmo “wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGARAM “*wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGAR(A)M > garaf[ŋgaramo] > [garamo] > [garam] > [garav]✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
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gaul

noun. wolf-howl

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

huo

noun. dog

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dog” derived from the root ᴹ√KHUG “bark, bay” (Ety/KHUGAN). It is probably one of the better known words for “dog” in Quenya, and was widely used in Helge Fauskanger’s NQNT (NQNT).

Cognates

  • N. hû “dog” ✧ Ety/KHUGAN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHUG “bark, bay” ✧ Ety/KHUGAN

Element in

  • ᴺQ. huolë “litter (of pups, cubs, etc.)”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHUG > huo[kʰugo] > [xugo] > [xuɣo] > [xuo] > [huo]✧ Ety/KHUGAN

narmo

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGARAM (Ety/ÑGAR(A)M), apparently a variant of ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl”. It seems narmo is a word for an ordinary wolf, as opposed to nauro “werewolf”.

Conceptual Development: A similar (but rejected) form ᴹQ. harma “wolf” appeared under the deleted root ᴹ√ƷARAM (Ety/ƷARAM).

Cognates

  • Ilk. garm “wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
  • N. garaf “wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGARAM “*wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M

Element in

  • ᴺQ. nengarmo “otter, (lit.) water-wolf”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGAR(A)M > ñarmo > narmo[ŋgaramo] > [ŋgarmo] > [ŋarmo] > [narmo]✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
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ráka

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶d’rāk under the root ᴹ√DARAK (Ety/DARÁK), where the ancient initial dr became r as usual for Quenya (PE19/37).

Conceptual Development: Earlier words for “wolf” of similar form include ᴱQ. ulku and feminine ᴱQ. ulqi “she-wolf” appearing in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√ULUKU (QL/97).

Cognates

  • N. draug “wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK
  • Ilk. drôg “wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶d’rāk ✧ Ety/DARÁK
    • ᴹ√DARAK “*wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶d’rāk > ráka[drāka] > [rāka]✧ Ety/DARÁK

hui

proper name. Night

A name for (Primordial?) Night appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√PHUY, along with its (archaic?) variant Fui (Ety/PHUY).

Conceptual Development: This name is most likely a remnant of the name ᴱQ. Fui from the earliest Lost Tales, where it was another name for the goddess ᴱQ. Nienna (LT1/66, LT1A/Fui). According to the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicons from the 1910s, this earlier version of the name is derived from the root ᴱ√ǶUẎU (GL/36, QL/38).

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PHUY “*darkness” ✧ Ety/PHUY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PHUY > Fui > Hui[pʰui] > [ɸui] > [hui]✧ Ety/PHUY

núre

noun. night

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)”

Element in

Doriathrin

drôg

noun. wolf

A Doriathrin noun meaning “wolf” derived from the primitive form ᴹ✶d’rāk (Ety/DARÁK), probably from older ✱✶darākă. The accent mark in the root ᴹ√DARÁK indicated that the first syllable was unstressed, so that the [[ilk|initial [dar-] became [dr-]]]. Thereafter the [[ilk|long [ā], became [ō]]] and the [[ilk|voiceless stop [k] voiced to [g] after the vowel]].

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. ráka “wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶d’rāk ✧ Ety/DARÁK
    • ᴹ√DARAK “*wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶d’rāk > drôg[darā́k] > [drā́k] > [drṓk] > [drṓg]✧ Ety/DARÁK
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garm

noun. wolf

A Doriathrin noun for “wolf” derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGAR(A)M (Ety/ÑGARAM), probably from a primitive form ✱✶ŋgaramō given its Quenya and Noldorin cognates ᴹQ. narmo and N. garaf (as suggested by Helge Fauskanger, AL-Doriathrin/garm). If so, the second a was lost due to the Ilkorin Syncope, and the [[ilk|the initial [ŋg-] simplified to [g-]]]. The initial syllable of the primitive form was probably stressed, since the [[ilk|initial [ŋgar-] did not simplify to [ŋgr-]]].

Conceptual Development: An earlier version of this entry had the root ᴹ√ƷARAM, but this produced the same form Dor. garm in Doriathrin [Ilkorin] since [[ilk|initial [ɣ] became [g]]].

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. narmo “wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
  • ᴹQ. harma “wolf, hound” ✧ Ety/ƷARAM; EtyAC/ƷARAM

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGARAM “*wolf” ✧ Ety/ƷARAM; Ety/ÑGAR(A)M; EtyAC/ƷARAM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ƷARAM > garm[ɣaramā] > [ɣarama] > [ɣarma] > [garma] > [garm]✧ Ety/ƷARAM
ᴹ√ÑGAR(A)M > garm[ŋgaramō] > [ŋgaramo] > [ŋgarmo] > [ŋgarm] > [garm]✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
Doriathrin [Ety/ƷARAM; Ety/ÑGAR(A)M; EtyAC/ƷARAM] Group: Eldamo. Published by

môr

noun. night

A noun for “night” derived from primitive ᴹ✶mǭri (EtyAC/MOR), where the primitive [[ilk|[ǭ] became [ō]]].

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. móre “blackness, dark, night” ✧ Ety/MOR

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶mǭri “blackness, dark, night” ✧ EtyAC/MOR
    • ᴹ√MOR “*black, dark” ✧ Ety/MOR

Element in

  • Ilk. myrilind “nightingale” ✧ Ety/MOR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶mǭri > môr[mǭri] > [mǭre] > [mōre] > [mōr]✧ EtyAC/MOR
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Ossriandric

garma

noun. wolf

A (rejected) noun for “wolf” developed from the (rejected) root ᴹ√ƷARAM (Ety/ÑGARAM), most likely from primitive ✱✶ʒaramā [ɣaramā] given its cognates. It is an example of the Danian syncope, with second unstressed [a] vanishing after the identical vowel. It is also one of the Danian words for which a long final vowel developed into short final [a]. Finally, it provides an example of how [[dan|[ɣ] became [g]]] in Danian.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. harma “wolf, hound” ✧ Ety/ƷARAM; EtyAC/ƷARAM

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGARAM “*wolf” ✧ Ety/ƷARAM; EtyAC/ƷARAM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ƷARAM > garma[ɣaramā] > [garamā] > [garmā] > [garma]✧ Ety/ƷARAM
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Middle Primitive Elvish

doʒ

root. night

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “night” that (along with ᴹ√DOM) was the basis for the ᴹQ. lóme/N. dû “night” (Ety/DOƷ). It replaced some rejected variants ᴹ√LOƷ and ᴹ√DAW (EtyAC/LOƷ). Many of the derivatives of ᴹ√DOƷ were later assigned to other roots: N. dûr “dark” became S. dûr “dark” < √NDU “under, down” in notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/152) and ᴹQ. lóna “dark” became Q. lúna (PE17/22). There are no signs of ᴹQ. ló “night” and N. daw “night-time, gloom” in Tolkien’s later writing. Future derivations of Q. lómë/S. dû only mention the root √DOM (PE17/152; PE22/153) and thus ᴹ√DOƷ may have been abandoned.

In a message to the Elfling mailing list from July 2012 (Elfling/362.96), David Salo suggested there might be a later root ✱√DU serving as the basis for Q. lúna “dark” and Q. lúmë “darkness”, though the latter might instead be from √LUM. Such a root ✱√DU is not attested in Tolkien writings, but if it existed, it could be a later iteration of ᴹ√DOƷ. Another possible example of the root ✱√DU is primitive ✶durnŭ “dark of hue”.

Derivatives

  • Ilk. daum “night-time, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
  • ᴹ✶doʒmē ✧ Ety/DOMO
    • Ilk. daum “night-time, gloom”
    • On. doume “night-time, gloom”
    • N. daw “night-time, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
  • ᴹQ. ló “night, a night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; EtyAC/LOƷ
  • ᴹQ. lóme “night, night-time, shades of night, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LUM
    • Ad. lômi “(pleasant) night” ✧ SD/415
  • ᴹQ. lóna “dark” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
  • N. dû “night, night-fall, late evening” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/DYEL; Ety/DOMO
  • N. dúlin(n) “nightingale” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
  • N. dûr “dark” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
  • On. doume “night-time, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
    • N. daw “night-time, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ

Element in

  • Ilk. durgul “sorcery”
  • N. daw “night-time, gloom” ✧ EtyAC/LOƷ (daw)
  • N. Delduthling “Ungoliant, *(lit.) Horror Night Spider” ✧ Ety/DYEL; Ety/SLIG; Ety/UÑG
  • N. Dureledh “Dark-elf” ✧ Ety/MOR
  • N. Durion “Dark-elf” ✧ Ety/MOR
  • N. Magladhûr “Black-sword” ✧ Ety/MAK (DOƷ)

Variations

  • DOƷ/DÔ ✧ Ety/DOƷ
  • DOG ✧ Ety/UÑG
  • LOƷ ✧ EtyAC/LOƷ (LOƷ)
  • DAW ✧ EtyAC/LOƷ (DAW)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/DOƷ; Ety/DOMO; Ety/DYEL; Ety/LUM; Ety/MAK; Ety/MOR; Ety/NDŪ; Ety/SLIG; Ety/UÑG; EtyAC/LOƷ; EtyAC/UÑG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

hû

noun. dog

Changes

  • hûa → hû “dog” ✧ GL/49
  • hûe → hûa “dog” ✧ GL/49

Cognates

Derivations

Element in

  • G. cuithos hû le mui “a cat and dog life” ✧ GL/27; GL/49
  • G. hûbi “hound” ✧ GL/49 (hûbi)
  • G. huil “bitch, *female dog” ✧ GL/49
  • G. hûn ar hû “between the dog and his bone” ✧ GL/49

Variations

  • hûa ✧ GL/49 (hûa)
  • hûe ✧ GL/49 (hûe)
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harog

noun. wolf

Derivations

Variations

  • harw ✧ GL/48; GL/75
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harw

noun. wolf

ulug

noun. wolf

urc

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/75), likely related to ᴱQ. ulku “wolf” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon derived from the early root ᴱ√ULUKU (QL/97). In the Qenya Lexicon Tolkien gave the Gnomish form as ulug, but in the Gnomish Lexicon the gloss of G. ulug was changed {“wolf” >>} “dragon” (GL/74).

Changes

  • ulug → ulug “wolf” ✧ GL/74
  • ulug → ulug “wolf” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë

Cognates

  • Eq. ulku “wolf” ✧ QL/097

Derivations

Element in

  • G. fuithlug “dragon (who guards treasure)” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë (fûlug)

Variations

  • ulug ✧ GL/74 (ulug); LT2A/Foalókë (ulug); QL/097
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fui

noun. night

Cognates

  • Eq. hui “dark, murk, fog; night, evening” ✧ LT1A/Fui; QL/041

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ǶUẎU “*darkness” ✧ GL/36; QL/041

Element in

  • G. fuior “deadly nightshade”
  • G. Durufui “Yule, (lit.) Log-night” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
  • G. Fuil “Queen of the Dark” ✧ GL/36
  • G. Tarn Fui “Door of Night” ✧ LT1A/Tarn Fui

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√fuʒu > fui¹[xʷuɣu] > [fuɣu] > [fuɣ] > [fui]✧ GL/36
ᴱ√ǶUẎU > fui[xʷui] > [fui]✧ QL/041

Variations

  • fui¹ ✧ GL/36
  • Fui ✧ LT1A/Tarn Fui; LT1A/Turuhalmë
Gnomish [GL/36; LT1A/Fui; LT1A/Tarn Fui; LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/041] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

fan(d)

noun. dog

Cognates

  • Eq. fan “dog”

Derivations

Variations

  • fand ✧ PE13/143
  • fan ✧ PE13/143
Early Noldorin [PE13/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fuin

noun. night

Element in

  • En. Taur-na-Fuin “Deadly Nightshade” ✧ SM/026
  • En. urfuin “nightless” ✧ PE13/156

Variations

  • Fuin ✧ SM/026
Early Noldorin [PE13/143; PE13/156; SM/026] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

saẇa

root. *dog

Derivatives

  • ᴱ✶swandǝ “dog” ✧ QL/082
    • Eq. fan “dog” ✧ PE12/026; QL/082
  • ᴱ✶swǝnī “bitch, *female dog” ✧ QL/082
    • Eq. suni “bitch, *female dog” ✧ PE12/026; QL/082
  • Eq. savar “wild dog, jackal” ✧ QL/082
  • Eq. saule “litter (of pups, cubs, etc.)” ✧ QL/082
  • G. hû “dog”
  • En. fan(d) “dog”
  • G. saur “hound, wild dog”

Variations

  • sǝwǝ ✧ QL/082
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

swandǝ

noun. dog

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SAẆA “*dog” ✧ QL/082

Derivatives

  • Eq. fan “dog” ✧ PE12/026; QL/082

Variations

  • swǝnd- ✧ QL/082
Early Primitive Elvish [PE12/026; QL/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uluku

root. wolf

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wolf”, with derivatives like ᴱQ. ulku and G. ulug of the same meaning (QL/97). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon Tolkien first gave G. ulug “wolf”, but this word’s gloss was revised to “dragon” as a cognate to ᴱQ. lōke (GL/74), and Tolkien added a new word G. urc “wolf” as an equivalent to harw. None of the later Elvish “wolf” words resemble either √ULUK- or √URUK-.

Derivatives

  • Eq. ulku “wolf” ✧ QL/097
  • Eq. ulqi “she-wolf” ✧ QL/097
  • G. urc “wolf”
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

fan

noun. dog

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶swandǝ “dog” ✧ PE12/026; QL/082
    • ᴱ√SAẆA “*dog” ✧ QL/082

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶swandǝ > fan[swandǝ] > [swand] > [fand] > [fan]✧ PE12/026

Variations

  • Fan ✧ QL/037
Early Quenya [PE12/026; QL/037; QL/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

huan

noun. dog

@@@ reflects older sw- > hu-

Changes

  • hwan → huan “dog” ✧ PE12/026
  • huan → fan “dog” ✧ PE12/026
  • huan → Fan ✧ QL/037

Cognates

  • G. hû “dog”

Element in

Variations

  • hwan ✧ PE12/026 (hwan)
Early Quenya [PE12/026; PE16/132; QL/037] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ulku

noun. wolf

Cognates

  • G. urc “wolf” ✧ QL/097

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ULUKU “wolf” ✧ QL/097

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ULUKU > ulku[ulukū] > [uluku] > [ulku]✧ QL/097
Early Quenya [QL/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fui

noun. night

móri

noun. night