iûl

embers

iûl (pl. iuil unless iûl is ”inherently” plural, as the gloss might suggest).

iûl

embers

(pl. iuil unless iûl is ”inherently” plural, as the gloss might suggest).

iûl

noun. embers

The word is classed as Old Noldorin (ON) in the Etymologies, but rather seems to be Noldorin

iûl

noun. embers

A noun for “embers” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√YUL “smoulder” and cognate to ᴹQ. yúla of the same meaning (Ety/YUL). It was marked ON. but should probably be N. as suggested by Hostetter and Wynne (EtyAC/YUL).

Conceptual Development: A form N. uilw “embers” appeared earlier in the same entry, but was deleted.

Neo-Sindarin: This word would become ✱ŷl if adapted directly to Neo-Sindarin, but the root √YUL was used for “drink” in later writings (PE17/63, 180; WJ/416). To avoid this conflict, I recommend adapting ᴹ√YUL “smoulder” as the Neo-Root ᴺ√YOL of the same meaning, which would allow the retention of this Noldorin word unchanged since it could be derived from ✱yōlā instead, where [[s|long [ō] became [ū]]] after [[s|[ju] became [ȳ]]] (probably).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. yúla “ember, smouldering wood” ✧ Ety/YUL

Derivations

• ᴹ√YUL “smoulder” ✧ Ety/YUL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√YUL > iûl	[jūla] > [jūl]	✧ Ety/YUL

uilw

noun. embers

Cognates

• ᴹQ. yúla “ember, smouldering wood” ✧ Ety/YUL

Derivations

• ᴹ√YUL “smoulder” ✧ Ety/YUL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√YUL > uilw	[juilu] > [uilu]	✧ Ety/YUL