hilm

noun. posterity; one’s descendants, progeny, offspring

A noun appearing as G. hilm “posterity; one’s descendants, progeny, offspring” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√χili and cognate to ᴱQ. hilmie (GL/49). The Qenya cognate was apparently a variant of ᴱQ. hilmi “family, offspring” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/40).

Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. hilf in Neo-Sindarin, since [[s|non-initial [m] usually became [v]]], which was spelled f at the end of words.

Cognates

• Eq. hilmi “family, offspring” ✧ GL/49

Derivations

• ᴱ√HILI “*youth, offspring” ✧ GL/49

Element in

• G. hilmir “heir (m. or f.)” ✧ GL/49
• G. hilming “inheritance, heritage” ✧ GL/49

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√χili > hilm	[xilm] > [hilm]	✧ GL/49