Noldorin
gell
noun. joy, triumph
gell
noun. joy, triumph, (?victory), joy, triumph
Cognates
- ᴹQ. yello “call, shout, cry of triumph” ✧ Ety/GYEL
Derivations
- ᴹ√GYEL “*cry of joy or triumph” ✧ Ety/GYEL
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√GYEL > gell [gjello] > [gello] > [gell] ✧ Ety/GYEL
ell
noun. sky
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. elle > ell > el [elle] > [ell] > [el] ✧ Ety/ƷEL Variations
- el ✧ Ety/SPAR (el); Ety/THOR (el); EtyAC/ƷEL (
el)
glas
noun. joy
glas
noun. joy
glass
noun. joy
An element meaning “sky” in several names from The Etymologies of the 1930s: N. Elfaron “Sky-hunter” (Ety/SPAR) and N. Elthoron “Eagle of the Sky” (Ety/THOR). It was derived from the root ᴹ√ƷEL “sky” which had an Old Noldorin form: ON. elle (Ety/ƷEL). However, Tolkien said “In Noldorin and Telerin this is confused with EL star”, implying that the word was not used in modern language; an earlier but rejected version of this entry had archaic N. †ell, el “sky” (EtyAC/ƷEL).
Neo-Sindarin: Despite the above statements, ell is probably the best attested option for “sky” in Neo-Sindarin, and I would use it as such, since it is in fact distinct from S. êl “star”, a word that is itself archaic/poetic versus more common S. gil.