Primitive elvish
gyel
root. ringing, [ᴹ√] *cry of joy or triumph, [√] ringing
Variations
- GYOL ✧ PE17/138; PE17/155
gyol
root. ringing
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Middle Primitive Elvish
gyel
root. *cry of joy or triumph
Changes
GEL→ GYEL ✧ Ety/GYELDerivatives
Element in
Variations
- GEL ✧ Ety/GYEL (
GEL)
This root appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s unglossed, but with derivatives like ᴹQ. yello “call, shout, cry of triumph” and N. gell “joy, triumph, (?victory)” (Ety/GYEL); the last gloss being unclear (EtyAC/GYEL). In The Etymologies, it replaced deleted ᴹ√GEL, also indicated by ᴹQ. ello >> yello. The root reappeared a couple decades later in a list of sound words as part of the set √GYEL, √ÑGYEL, √GYOL, √ÑGYOL collectively glossed “ringing” (PE17/138); see √ÑYEL for further discussion. For the purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I think it is best to assume this root retained its 1930s meaning, which was probably something like “✱cry of joy or triumph”.