Quenya 

yaisa

steel

yaisa noun "steel" (GL:37)

axë

noun. steel

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. GAK “steel”

Element in

  • ᴺQ. axina “(of) steel, like steel”

Sindarin 

gaes

noun. steel

@@@ very dubious etymology, revisit

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. GAK “steel”

Element in

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

thornang

noun. steel

Cognates

  • Q. tornanga “hard-iron, iron hard, iron hard; hard-iron, *steel”

Elements

WordGloss
thorn“steadfast”
ang“iron”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Primitive elvish

gak Reconstructed

root. steel

Derivatives

  • ᴺQ. axë “steel”
  • ᴺS. gaes “steel”

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!

Gnomish

gais

noun. steel

Cognates

  • Eq. yakse “steel” ✧ GL/37; GL/37

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ı̯aisa ✧ GL/37; GL/37
    • ᴱ√YAYA “*steel, possession”

Element in

  • G. gaisin “of steel” ✧ GL/37
  • G. gaithrin “like steel” ✧ GL/37

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ı̯aisa > gais[jaisa] > [gaisa] > [gais]✧ GL/37
ᴱ✶ı̯aksĕ > gais[jakse] > [gakse] > [gaks] > [gaxs] > [gais]✧ GL/37
Gnomish [GL/37; LT1A/Ilsaluntë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

akse

noun. steel

Element in

Early Quenya [PE14/048; PE14/081; PE15/77] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yakse

noun. steel

Changes

  • yakseyaisa ✧ GL/37

Cognates

  • G. gais “steel” ✧ GL/37; GL/37

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ı̯aisa ✧ GL/37; GL/37
    • ᴱ√YAYA “*steel, possession”

Element in

  • Eq. yaksina “of steel” ✧ QL/105

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ı̯aisa > yaisa[jaisā] > [jaisa]✧ GL/37
ᴱ✶ı̯aksĕ > yakse[jaksē] > [jakse]✧ GL/37

Variations

  • yaisa ✧ GL/37; GL/37
  • yakse ✧ GL/37 (yakse)
  • Y̯akse ✧ QL/105
Early Quenya [GL/37; QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aksina

adjective. steel

Early Quenya [PE15/77] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yaisa

noun. steel