Noldorin
el
noun. star
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√EL “star, starry sky” ✧ Ety/EL; Ety/EL
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√EL > el [elen] > [ele] > [el] ✧ Ety/EL
ell
noun. sky
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. elle > ell > el [elle] > [ell] > [el] ✧ Ety/ƷEL Variations
- el ✧ Ety/SPAR (el); Ety/THOR (el); EtyAC/ƷEL (
el)
penedh
noun. Elf
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶kwenedē > penedh [kwenedē] > [penedē] > [penede] > [peneðe] > [peneð] ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED) ᴹ✶kwenedē > penidh [kwenedī] > [penedī] > [penedi] > [peneði] > [peniði] > [penið] ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED) Variations
- peneð ✧ EtyAC/SET (peneð)
penn
noun. Elf
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Qende “Elf”
Derivations
- ᴹ√KWEN(ED) “Elf”
Element in
- N.
Morbenn“Dark Elf” ✧ EtyAC/MOR (Morbenn)Variations
- penn ✧ PE22/067
geil
noun. star, bright spark
geil
noun. star
Derivations
Element in
- N. Dagor nuin Giliath “Battle-under-Stars”
- N. Dagor-os-Giliath “Battle under Stars”
- N. Edegil “Seven Stars” ✧ Ety/OT
- N. Gilbrennil “Varda” ✧ Ety/GIL
- N. Gildor
- N. Gil-galad “Starlight” ✧ Ety/GIL
- N. gilhof “dew, *(lit.) star-juice”
- N. gilith “starlight, *region of the stars” ✧ Ety/GIL
- N. Gilthoniel “Star-maker, Lady of the Stars” ✧ Ety/GIL
- N. Argilion “*Star-day”
- N. Osgiliath “Fortress of the Stars”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶gilya > gíl [gilji] > [gilī] > [gil] > [gīl] ✧ Ety/GIL ᴹ✶gilya > geil [gilja] > [gelja] > [gelia] > [geli] > [geil] ✧ Ety/GIL Variations
- gîl ✧ EtyAC/GIL
min
cardinal. one
Cognates
- ᴹQ. min “one” ✧ Ety/MINI
Derivations
- ᴹ√MIN “stand alone, stick out” ✧ Ety/MINI
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√MINI > min [mini] > [mine] > [min] ✧ Ety/MINI
giliath
noun. all the host of stars
min
fraction. one (first of a series)
An element meaning “sky” in several names from The Etymologies of the 1930s: N. Elfaron “Sky-hunter” (Ety/SPAR) and N. Elthoron “Eagle of the Sky” (Ety/THOR). It was derived from the root ᴹ√ƷEL “sky” which had an Old Noldorin form: ON. elle (Ety/ƷEL). However, Tolkien said “In Noldorin and Telerin this is confused with EL star”, implying that the word was not used in modern language; an earlier but rejected version of this entry had archaic N. †ell, el “sky” (EtyAC/ƷEL).
Neo-Sindarin: Despite the above statements, ell is probably the best attested option for “sky” in Neo-Sindarin, and I would use it as such, since it is in fact distinct from S. êl “star”, a word that is itself archaic/poetic versus more common S. gil.