A Doriathrin adjective for “wise, magical” derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGOL (Ety/ÑGOL, THIN). In an earlier version of this entry, the forms were ngûl and gûl, but these were rejected (EtyAC/ÑGOL). It may be that Tolkien was considering making this another case where [[ilk|long [ō] became [ū]]] in Ilkorin, but he rejected the idea. In the entry for ÑGOL in The Etymologies, it appeared as both ngôl and gôl; the first of seems to be a variant of the usual rule that [[ilk|initial [ŋg] became [g]]] in Ilkorin.
Doriathrin
gôl
noun. light
Derivations
Element in
- Ilk. Thingol “Grey-wise” ✧ Ety/KAL (
Thingol*)Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶gālæ > gôl [gālæ] > [gāla] > [gōla] > [gōl] ✧ Ety/KAL Variations
gôl✧ Ety/KAL (Dor. gôl); EtyAC/KAL (N. gôl)
gôl
adjective. wise, magical
(n)gôl
adjective. wise, magical
Changes
ngûl/gûl→ ngôl/gôl ✧ Ety/ÑGOLCognates
- ᴹQ. nóla “wise, learned” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL
Derivations
- ᴹ√ÑGOL “wise, wisdom, be wise” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL; Ety/THIN
Element in
- Ilk. Thingol “*Grey-wise” ✧ Ety/THIN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÑGOL > ngôl/gôl [ŋgōl] > [ŋgōl] ✧ Ety/ÑGOL Variations
- ngôl/gôl ✧ Ety/ÑGOL (Dor. ngôl/gôl)
- gōl ✧ Ety/THIN (Dor. gōl)
- ngol/gôl ✧ EtyAC/ÑGOL (Dor. ngol/gôl)
- ngûl/gûl ✧ EtyAC/ÑGOL (Dor.
ngûl/gûl)- gôl ✧ EtyAC/THIN (Dor. gôl)
A (rejected?) Doriathrin noun for “light” derived from primitive ᴹ✶gālæ appearing in The Etymologies (Ety/KAL, EtyAC/KAL). According to Christopher Tolkien’s notes, it was part of a rejected etymology for the name Thingol, but it isn’t clear whether this noun was rejected or if it was just the etymology. Its long primitive vowel [[ilk|[ā] became [ō]]] as was the norm in Ilkorin.