Early Quenya
etl
noun. ivy
Cognates
- G. ethl(in) “ivy”
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ETE > etl [etlǝ] > [etl] > [etḷ] > [etḷ] ✧ QL/036 Variations
- etil ✧ QL/036
etil
noun. ivy
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
A word appearing as ᴱQ. etl “ivy” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√ETE “cling together” (QL/36). In the Qenya Lexicon it had an alternate form etil.
Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writing, √ET meant “out(side)”, but I think this ivy word can still be based on this root in the sense of “✱a thing clinging to the outside”; I would thus use ᴺQ. etil “ivy” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.