Quenya 

halla

naked

[halla (2) adj. "naked" (VT46:14), changed by Tolkien to helda]

helda

naked, stripped bare

helda (1) adj. "naked, stripped bare" (SKEL, SKAL1)

parca

naked

parca (2) ("k")adj. "naked", of persons (PE17:86)

Sindarin 

lanc

noun. naked

Sindarin [UT/418] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lanc

adjective. naked

A word for “naked” in the name Amon Lanc “Naked Hill” (UT/280).

Element in

Variations

  • Lanc ✧ UT/280

paran

adjective. naked

_ adj. _naked, bald, bare. Q. parne. >> baran, Dol Baran

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:86:171] < PAR peel (hence bark, book). Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

parch

adjective. naked

_ adj. _naked, of persons. Q. parka.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:86] < PAR peel. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

lanc

naked

(pl. lainc). Note: homophones means ”neck, throat” and also ”sharp edge, sudden end, brink”.

hell

naked

1) hell (lenited chell; pl. hill), 2) lanc (pl. lainc). Note: homophones means ”neck, throat” and also ”sharp edge, sudden end, brink”.

hell

naked

(lenited chell; pl. hill)

Noldorin 

hell

adjective. naked

Noldorin [Ety/386] Group: SINDICT. Published by

hell

adjective. naked, naked, *stripped

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “naked” and derived from primitive ᴹ✶skelnā under the root ᴹ√SKEL (Ety/SKEL). This word was originally hall “naked” under an earlier but deleted form of the root ᴹ√SKAL (EtyAC/SKEL). The root ᴹ√SKEL was also the basis for the verb N. heltha- “to strip”, and its Quenya derivative ᴹQ. helda was at one point was glossed “stripped bare” (Ety/SKAL¹), so the word hell seems to mean “naked” in the sense “✱stripped (of clothing or other covering)”.

Conceptual Development: There are a couple of earlier “naked” words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s that seems to be similarly derived. G. dautha “naked, stripped” was related to daf- “to strip, flay” (GL/29) and G. hulc “naked” (GL/49) is like the cognate of ᴱQ. hulqa “naked” under the early root ᴱ√HULU “strip” (QL/41). In later writings, some “naked” words were derived from √PAR “peel” instead (PE17/86, 171).

Changes

  • hallhell “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. helda “naked, stripped bare” ✧ Ety/SKEL
  • ᴹQ. halla “naked” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL

Derivations

  • On. skhella “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
    • ᴹ✶skelnā “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
    • ᴹ√SKEL “*strip” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. skhella > hell[sxella] > [xella] > [xell] > [hell]✧ Ety/SKEL
On. skhalla > hall[sxalla] > [xalla] > [xall] > [hall]✧ EtyAC/SKEL

Variations

  • hell ✧ Ety/SKEL
  • hall ✧ EtyAC/SKEL (hall)
Noldorin [Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

halla

adjective. naked

Changes

  • hallahelda “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL

Cognates

  • On. skhella “naked” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL
  • N. hell “naked, naked, *stripped” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶skelnā “naked” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL
    • ᴹ√SKEL “*strip” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶skalnā > halla[skalna] > [xalna] > [skalla] > [halla]✧ EtyAC/SKEL

Variations

  • halla ✧ EtyAC/SKEL (halla)

Old Noldorin 

skhella

adjective. naked

Changes

  • skhallaskhella “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. helda “naked, stripped bare” ✧ Ety/SKEL
  • ᴹQ. halla “naked” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶skelnā “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
    • ᴹ√SKEL “*strip” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL

Derivatives

  • N. hell “naked, naked, *stripped” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶skelnā > skhella[skelnā] > [skellā] > [skella] > [sxella]✧ Ety/SKEL

Variations

  • skhalla ✧ EtyAC/SKEL (skhalla)
Old Noldorin [Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

skelnā

adjective. naked

Changes

  • skalnāskelnā “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SKEL “*strip” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. helda “naked, stripped bare” ✧ Ety/SKEL
  • ᴹQ. halla “naked” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL
  • On. skhella “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
    • N. hell “naked, naked, *stripped” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL

Variations

  • skalnā ✧ EtyAC/SKEL (skalnā)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

falon

adjective. naked

Element in

  • G. cafalon “bald, *(lit.) head-naked”

Variations

  • falin ✧ GL/33

falin

adjective. naked

hulc

adjective. naked

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HULU “strip”

Early Noldorin

umaith

adjective. naked

Early Noldorin [PE13/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

hulin

adjective. naked

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HULU “strip” ✧ QL/041

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√HULU > hulin[xulin] > [hulin]✧ QL/041
Early Quenya [QL/041] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hulqa

adjective. naked

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HULU “strip” ✧ QL/041

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√HULU > hulqa[xulkʷā] > [xulkʷa] > [hulkʷa]✧ QL/041
Early Quenya [QL/041] Group: Eldamo. Published by