Gnomish
dolfa
noun. mole
Changes
doldos→ dolfa ✧ GL/30Cognates
- Eq. nolpa “mole” ✧ GL/30
Derivations
- ᴱ√NDOLO “delve” ✧ GL/30
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ndolo- > dolfa [ndolpā] > [ndolpa] > [ndolfa] > [dolfa] ✧ GL/30 Variations
- doldos ✧ GL/30 (
doldos)
dolmeg
noun. mole
Cognates
- Eq. noldare “mole” ✧ GL/30
Derivations
- ᴱ√NDOLO “delve” ✧ GL/30
Elements
Word Gloss NDOLO “delve” meg “any small animal; (esp.) mole” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ndolo- > dolmeg [ndolmek] > [ndolmeg] > [dolmeg] ✧ GL/30
doldrin
noun. mole
Changes
doldrin→ dolmeg ✧ GL/30doldrin→ dolmeg ✧ GL/30Cognates
- Eq. noldare “mole”
Derivations
- ᴱ√NDOLO “delve”
Element in
- G. Thlim Doldrin “*Folk of the Mole” ✧ PE13/104
A noun appearing as G. {doldos >>} dolfa and {doldrin >>} dolmeg in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√NDOLO “delve” (GL/30). The form G. doldrin “mole” appeared undeleted in the Gnomish Grammar and the Official Name List for the Lost Tales (GG/8; PE13/104).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would adapt these words as ᴺS. dolph, reconceived of as a derivative of the root ᴹ√NDOL “✱hill, head”, describing these creatures as hill-makers.