A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “gloom” appearing under the root ᴹ√MOR (Ety/MOR). A nearby primitive form ᴹ✶mǭri is the likely basis for this word as suggested by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne (EtyAC/MOR), where the primitive ǭ became au as was the usual sound change in both Noldorin and later Sindarin (PE18/46, 96).
Noldorin
fuin
noun. night, dead of night
Cognates
- ᴹQ. huine “deep shadow, nightshade” ✧ Ety/PHUY
Derivations
Element in
- N. Gwathfuin-Daidelos “Deadly Nightshade”
- N. Math-Fuin-delos “Deadly Nightshade”
- N. Fuin Gorgoroth “*Night of Deadly Fear” ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH
- N. Taur-na-Fuin “Forest of Night” ✧ Ety/PHUY
- N. Tol Fuin
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶phuine > fuin [pʰuine] > [ɸuine] > [fuine] > [fuin] ✧ Ety/PHUY Variations
- Fuin ✧ Ety/ÑGOROTH
fuin
noun. night, dead of night, gloom, darkness
muin
adjective. secret
Cognates
- ᴹQ. muina “hidden, secret” ✧ Ety/MUY
Derivations
- ᴹ√MUY “*secret” ✧ Ety/MUY
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√MUY > muin [mujna] > [muina] > [muin] ✧ Ety/MUY Variations
- muin ✧ EtyAC/MUY (muin)
gwath
noun. shade
Cognates
- Ilk. gwath “shade” ✧ Ety/WATH
Derivations
Element in
- N. Deldúwath “Deadly Nightshade” ✧ Ety/DYEL
- N. Gwathfuin-Daidelos “Deadly Nightshade”
- N. Dolwethil “(Woman of) Secret Shadow”
- N. dú(w)ath “night-shade”
- N. Eredwethion “Shadowy Mountains” ✧ Ety/WATH
- N. Gwathlo “Greyflood”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. watha > gwath [waθa] > [gwaθa] > [gwaθ] ✧ Ety/WATH Variations
- gwath ✧ Ety/WATH
daw
noun. night-time, gloom
doll
adjective. dark, dusky, obscure
dolt
adjective. dark, dusky, obscure
dúath
noun. darkness, shadow
dúath
noun. nightshade
dúwath
noun. darkness, shadow
dúwath
noun. nightshade
dûr
adjective. dark, sombre
dûr
adjective. dark
Cognates
- ᴹQ. lóna “dark” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
Derivations
- ᴹ√DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√DOƷ/DÔ > dûr [dōr] > [dūr] ✧ Ety/DOƷ Variations
- Dûr ✧ WR/113
gwath
noun. shade, shadow, dim light
gwath
noun. stain
lhum
noun. shade
lhum
noun. shade
Cognates
- ᴹQ. lumbe “gloom, shadow” ✧ Ety/LUM
Derivations
- ᴹ√LUM “*shadow” ✧ Ety/LUM
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LUM > lhum [lumbe] > [lumbe] > [lumb] > [l̥umb] > [l̥umb] > [l̥umm] > [l̥um] ✧ Ety/LUM
maur
noun. gloom
maur
noun. gloom
Cognates
- ᴹQ. móre “blackness, dark, night” ✧ Ety/MOR
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶mǭri > maur [mǭri] > [mǭre] > [moure] > [maure] > [maur] ✧ EtyAC/MOR
môr
noun. darkness, dark, night
ogol < ogl
gloom
n/adj gloom, gloomy
thurin
adjective. secret, hidden
A word appearing as N. lhum “shade” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√LUM, most notably an element in the name N. Hithlum (Ety/LUM). It was the cognate of ᴹQ. lumbe, and thus derived from primitive ✱lumbē, which explains why the final m survived as a reduction of mb.
Conceptual Development: The earliest iteration of this word was G. lôm {“pool, sl...” >>} “gloom, shade” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, based on primitive ᴱ✶lou̯me (GL/54) and probably derived from the early root ᴱ√LOMO as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Hisilómë). In this early document, G. lum or glum was “a cloud” (GL/55), likely a derivative of ᴱ√LUVU for “✱dark weather” as also suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Luvier). In Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s Tolkien had ᴱN. {lom >>} lhom “shadow” (PE13/149). This became N. lhum “shade” in The Etymologies, as noted above.
Neo-Sindarin: In later writings, Hithlum was designated North Sindarin and its final element was based on a loan from Q. lómë “dusk”, with the m surviving only because it was from the North dialect (PE17/133; WJ/400). However, the root √LUM “shadow, darkness” also survived in later writings (PE17/168), so I think N. lhum “shade” can be salvaged, though if adapted to Neo-Sindarin it would need to become ᴺS. lum as suggested in HSD (HSD). Given the later use of Q. lumbo for “(dark) cloud”, I think the Gnomish sense G. lum “[dark] cloud” can be salvaged as well.