Quenya 

findl

lock of hair, tress

findl noun "lock of hair, tress" (but findil elsewhere in LotR-style Quenya, no word can end in -dl). (LT2:341)

findilë

head of hair

findilë noun "a head of hair". Compare findessë. (PE17:17)

findilë

noun. head of hair

findelë

tress, lock

findelë noun "tress, lock" (PE17:119); apparently a synonym of findë #1, q.v.

findë

hair

findë (1) noun "hair" (especially of the head) (PM:340), "a tress or plait of hair" (PM:345), "tress, braid of hair, lock of hair" (SPIN)

findessë

head of hair, a person's hair as a whole

findessë noun "a head of hair, a person's hair as a whole" (PM:345). Compare findilë.

loxë

hair

loxë (1) ("ks")noun "hair" (LOK). In later sources Tolkien uses findë, findessë, findilë for "hair", leaving the conceptual status of loxë uncertain.

phindelë

mass of long hair

phindelë noun "mass of long hair" (PE17:17; the normal Quenya spelling should be findelë, cf. findilë

vandl

staff

vandl noun "staff" (LT1:264) (No word can end in -dl in Tolkien's later Quenya; the word may be adapted as *vandil. Compare findl, findil.)

finë

hair

finë (1) (stem *fini-, given the primitive form ¤phini) noun "a hair" _(PM:340, PE17:17) or "larch" (SPIN)_

vandil

noun. staff

Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

vanga

noun. staff

Noldorin 

findel

noun. (braided) hair

Noldorin [Ety/387, X/ND2] Group: SINDICT. Published by

fast

noun. shaggy hair

Noldorin [Ety/381] Group: SINDICT. Published by

finnel

noun. (braided) hair

Noldorin [Ety/387, X/ND2] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhaws

noun. hair ringlet

Noldorin [Ety/370, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Sindarin 

find

noun. a tress

Sindarin [PM/361-362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

find

hair

(construct fin), no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. finnath.

find

tress

find (lock of hair). Construct fin; no distinct pl. form; coll pl. finnath.

find

tress

(lock of hair). Construct fin; no distinct pl. form; coll pl. finnath.

find

lock of hair

find (tress). Construct fin; no distinct pl. form; coll pl. finnath

find

lock of hair

(tress). Construct fin; no distinct pl. form; coll pl. finnath

finnel

braided tress of hair

finnel (pl. finnil). Archaic †findel (pl. findil).

finnel

braided tress of hair

finnel (pl. finnil). Archaic †findel (pl. †findil).

finnel

braided tress of hair

(pl. finnil). Archaic †findel (pl. findil).

fing

noun. lock of hair

A noun appearing in 1967 notes on the Nomenclature of the Lord of the Rings as an element in Finglas “Leaflock” (RC/760). The form fineg appeared unglossed in notes from around 1965 as a derivative of ✶phinik (PE17/17). The word fing is more obscure than S. find of similar meaning.

Conceptual Development: The word G. fingl or finnil “a tress” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/35). In that period, the gl was probably the result of the sound change whereby ðl became gl, since this early form was likely derived from the root ᴱ√FIŘI [FIÐI] (QL/38). When it first appeared, the name N. Finglas (= find + las?) may also have had a similar sound change, but since Tolkien abandoned that phonetic rule in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s (compare S. edlenn vs. N. eglenn “exiled”), Tolkien needed to come up with a new etymology.

Sindarin [PE17/017; RC/760] Group: Eldamo. Published by

finn-

noun. a tress

Sindarin [PM/361-362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

finnel

noun. mass of long hair

n. mass of long hair. >> find, finn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:17] < O.S. _findel _ < *_spin-delē _mass of hairs, head of hair < SPIN a single hair, filament + DEL thick, dense. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

fîn

noun. a tress

Sindarin [PM/361-362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

laws

noun. hair ringlet

Sindarin [Ety/370, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

bang

noun. staff

fast

shaggy hair

(pl. faist if there is a pl.).

fing

lock of hair

fing (no distinct pl. form)

fîn

hair

1) (a single hair) fîn (construct fin), no distinct pl. form. (PM:362), 2) (lock of hair, tress) find (construct fin), no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. finnath.

fîn

hair

(construct fin), no distinct pl. form. (PM:362)

Primitive elvish

spindilā

noun. head of hair

Primitive elvish [PE17/017; PE17/119; PE17/151] Group: Eldamo. Published by

phin

root. hair

phindē

noun. tress

Primitive elvish [PM/362] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Khuzdûl

thark Reconstructed

noun. staff

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!

Early Quenya

findil

noun. tress

findl

noun. lock of hair, tress

Early Quenya [LT2A/Glorfindel; PE15/24; QL/038] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laksa

noun. tress

Early Quenya [PE14/117] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vandl

noun. staff

Early Quenya [LT1A/Qalvanda; QL/099] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vanga

noun. staff

The Qenya Lexicon had ᴱQ. vandl “staff” under the early root ᴱ√VAHA having to do with travel (QL/99), while the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. vanga “staff” as the cognate of G. bang (GL/21).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I prefer to retain ᴺQ. vanga for “staff”, but Helge Fauskanger used ᴺQ. vandil “staff” in his NQNT (NQNT).

Early Quenya [GL/21] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

findel

noun. tress

Gnomish [GL/26; GL/35; LT2A/Glorfindel; PE15/24] Group: Eldamo. Published by

finnil

noun. tress

fingl

noun. tress

Gnomish [GL/35; GL/48; LT2A/Glorfindel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bang

noun. staff

finn

noun. lock of hair

Gnomish [GL/35; LT2A/Glorfindel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

find

noun. hair

Early Noldorin [PE13/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bang

noun. staff

A noun appearing as {bangul >> bangol >>} G. bang “staff” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/21). The deleted forms were perhaps cognates of ᴱQ. vandl “staff” appearing in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√VAHA having to do with travel (QL/99), but in the Gnomish Lexicon proper Tolkien gave the Qenya cognate as ᴱQ. vanga. As for the Gnomish form, it reappeared as ᴱN. bang “staff” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/138).

Neo-Sindarin: I’d retain ᴺS. bang “staff” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.

Early Noldorin [PE13/138; PE13/156] Group: Eldamo. Published by

finn

noun. hair

Qenya 

lokse

noun. hair, hair [in general]

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hair” derived from the root ᴹ√LOKH (Ety/LOKH).

Conceptual Development: A similar word ᴱQ. laksa “tress” appeared in a list of body parts from the 1920s (PE14/117).

Old Noldorin 

sphinde

noun. lock of hair

Old Noldorin [Ety/SPIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Valarin 

(a)šata

noun. head of hair