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Gnomish

fôtha-

verb. to snow

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “it snows” with variants fôtha- and {fontha- >>} fautha-, elaborations of G. fô “snow” (GL/35).

Changes

  • fontha → fautha “it snows” ✧ GL/35

Cognates

  • Eq. fauta- “to snow” ✧ GL/35

Variations

  • fôtha ✧ GL/35
  • fautha ✧ GL/35
  • fontha ✧ GL/35 (fontha)

fô(tha)

noun. hoard

Changes

  • fô → fô “a hoard” ✧ GL/35
  • fôtha → fôtha “same [a hoard]” ✧ GL/35

Variations

  • fô ✧ GL/35 (fô)
  • fôtha ✧ GL/35 (fôtha)

fautha-

verb. to snow

fufuin

noun. hoard

fuis

noun. hoard

Changes

  • fû → fuis “hoard” ✧ GL/36
  • fû/fûl/fûn → fuis “hoard” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë

Cognates

  • Eq. foa “hoard, treasure” ✧ GL/36; LT2A/Foalókë

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FOƷO “hide, hoard, store up, lay up in secret” ✧ GL/36; LT2A/Foalókë

Element in

  • G. fuithlug “dragon (who guards treasure)” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë (fûlug); LT2A/Foalókë

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√foχo > fuis[ɸoxs] > [foxs] > [fois] > [fuis]✧ GL/36

Variations

  • fû ✧ GL/36 (fû)
  • fû/fûl/fûn ✧ LT2A/Foalókë (fû/fûl/fûn)
Gnomish [GL/36; LT2A/Foalókë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fund

noun. hoard

Changes

  • fûl → fund ✧ GL/36

Variations

  • fûl ✧ GL/36 (fûl)

fûn

noun. hoard

Changes

  • fûlin → fûn ✧ GL/36

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FOƷO “hide, hoard, store up, lay up in secret” ✧ GL/36

Variations

  • fûlin ✧ GL/36 (fûlin)
  • fufuin ✧ GL/36