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Early Primitive Elvish

hese

root. wither

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wither”, with derivatives having to do with withered things and winter (QL/40). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon the root was given as heth², but it is not clear whether this was intended to be a variant root or a replacement (GL/49). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, but I think it is worth salvaging as a Neo-Eldarin root ᴺ√KHES “wither” to salvage Gnomish and Early Qenya wither-words.

Derivatives

  • ᴱ✶heth·thed·’lon “daisy”
  • Eq. hesin “winter” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/040
  • Eq. Heskil “Winter One” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/040
  • Eq. hessa “dead, withered” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/040
  • Eq. hesta- “to wither” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/040
  • G. hesc “withered, dead; chilled, chill” ✧ GL/49; LT1A/Heskil
  • G. Hess “winter” ✧ GL/49; LT1A/Heskil
  • G. heth “white, pallid, wan” ✧ GL/49

Variations

  • heth² ✧ GL/49
  • HESE ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/040
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/49; LT1A/Heskil; QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hese

root. brother or sister

The root ᴱ√HESE appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with various derivatives having to do with siblings and blood relationships (QL/40). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon the root was given as heth¹ (GL/48), but it is not clear whether this was a replacement or a variant root for ᴱ√HESE.

Neo-Eldarin: I would adapt this as a Neo-Root ᴺ√KHETH “sibling, consanguinity” to serve as the basis for gender-neutral “sibling” words.

Derivatives

  • Eq. hes “brother, sister, *sibling” ✧ QL/040
  • Eq. hesta “the nearest consanguinity” ✧ QL/040
  • G. hest “brother or sister, *sibling; †consanguinity” ✧ GL/48
  • G. heth “brother or sister” ✧ GL/48

Variations

  • heth¹ ✧ GL/48
  • HESE ✧ QL/040
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niqi

root. white

Derivatives

  • Eq. ninqa- “to shine white”
  • Eq. ninqe “white” ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066
  • Eq. nikte- “to whiten, cleanse” ✧ QL/066
  • Eq. niqilis “fine snow” ✧ QL/066
  • Eq. niqis “snow” ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066
  • G. nib “snowflake”
  • G. nigor “rain, rainy weather”
  • G. nimp “pallid”
  • G. nictha- “to rain, hail, snow”

Element in

Early Primitive Elvish [LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by