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Gnomish

goldothrim

collective name. People of the Gnomes

Cognates

  • Eq. Noldo “Gnome” ✧ GL/32

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
Golda“Gnome, wise one”
hoth“folk, people, †army”
-lim“many”

Variations

  • goldothrim ✧ GL/41; GL/54
  • golda·lim ✧ GL/54
  • golda-lim ✧ LT2A/Gondothlim
Gnomish [GG/15; GL/32; GL/41; GL/54; LT1A/Noldoli; LT2A/Glamhoth; LT2A/Gondothlim] Group: Eldamo. Published by

goldrin

adjective. Gnome

Elements

WordGloss
Golda“Gnome, wise one”

goltha

noun. Gnome

gold

noun. Gnome

golda

noun. Gnome, wise one

Cognates

  • Eq. Noldo “Gnome” ✧ GG/13; GL/41; LBI/Golda; LT1A/Noldoli; PE13/099; PE14/009

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ŋolđō ✧ GL/41
    • ᴱ√ŊOLO “to know”
  • ᴱ√ŊOLO “to know” ✧ LT1A/Noldoli
  • ᴱ✶ŋōlo ✧ PE13/117; PE13/117
    • ᴱ√ŊOLO “to know”
  • ᴱ✶ŋolta ✧ PE13/117
    • ᴱ√ŊOLO “to know”

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ŋolđō > golda[ŋolðō] > [ŋgolðō] > [ŋgolða] > [ŋgolda] > [golda]✧ GL/41
ᴱ✶ŋolþoi > golþī > goilþī > gylt[ŋolþoi] > [gylt]✧ PE13/117
ᴱ✶ŋōloi > gūlī > guil > guil(t)[ŋōloi] > [guil]✧ PE13/117

Variations

  • golda ✧ GG/08; GG/08; GG/13; GL/41
  • gold ✧ PE13/099
  • gôl ✧ PE13/117 (gôl)
  • gul ✧ PE13/117
  • goltha ✧ PE14/009
Gnomish [GG/08; GG/13; GG/15; GL/17; GL/41; LBI/Golda; LT1A/Noldoli; PE13/099; PE13/117; PE14/009] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gul

noun. Gnome