Quenya 

helmë

friendship

[helmë noun "friendship" (VT46:3)]

yelmë

friendship

[yelmë] (2) noun (not glossed; the etymology may suggest *"friendship") (YEL, struck out)

nilmë

friendship

nilmë noun "friendship" (NIL/NDIL)

Sindarin 

gwend

noun. friendship

gwend (i 'wend, construct gwen) (bond), pl. gwind (in gwind), coll. pl. gwennath. Note: a homophone means ”maiden”.

gwend

friendship

(i ’wend, construct gwen) (bond), pl. gwind (in gwind), coll. pl. gwennath. Note: a homophone means ”maiden”.

dilith

noun. friendship

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Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nilme “friendship”

Elements

WordGloss
N(D)IL“to love (as a friend or equal), be devoted to, to love (as a friend or equal), be devoted to; [ᴹ√] love, devotion; friend”
-th“abstract noun”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

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Qenya 

helme

noun. friendship

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑEL “friendship” ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑEL > helme[ŋelme] > [ɣelme] > [helme]✧ EtyAC/ÑEL

nilme

noun. friendship

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√N(D)IL “friend; love, devotion” ✧ Ety/NIL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NIL/NDIL > nilme[ndilme] > [nilme]✧ Ety/NIL

Middle Primitive Elvish

ñel

root. friendship

A rejected root for “friendship” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (EtyAC/ÑEL), apparently replaced by ᴹ√N(D)IL.

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. helda “friendly, having love (for)” ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL
  • ᴹQ. helme “friendship” ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL
  • ᴹQ. -el “friend” ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL
  • ᴹQ. helde “friend” ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL
  • ᴹQ. heldo “friend” ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL
  • ᴹQ. helmo “friend” ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL
  • N. elf “friend” ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL
Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/ÑEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

gethli

noun. friendship