Quenya 

helcë

ice

helcë ("k") noun "ice" (KHELEK, LT1:254)

Sindarin 

heleg

ice

1) heleg (i cheleg, o cheleg), pl. helig (i chelig), 2) (a mass of ice) gochel (i **ochel), pl. gechil (i ngechil = i ñechil), coll. pl. gochellath**. Archaic pl. *göchil.

heleg

ice

(i cheleg, o cheleg), pl. helig (i chelig)

gochel

ice

(i ’ochel), pl. gechil (i ngechil = i ñechil), coll. pl. gochellath. Archaic pl. ✱göchil.

Primitive elvish

khelek

root. ice

Derivatives

  • Q. helca “icy, ice-cold” ✧ SA/khelek
  • ᴺQ. helexë “hail”

Elements

WordGloss
KHEL“ice, [ᴹ√] freeze”

Variations

  • khelek- ✧ SA/khelek
Primitive elvish [SA/khelek] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

heleg

noun. ice

Noldorin [Ety/364] Group: SINDICT. Published by

heleg

noun. ice

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “ice” derived from the root ᴹ√KHELEK of the same meaning (Ety/KHELEK).

Conceptual Development: G. heleg “ice” also appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s along with a variant helc, both under primitive χele-k (GL/48). This is clearly related to the early root ᴱ√HELE as first suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Helkar; QL/39).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. helka “ice-cold” ✧ Ety/KHEL
  • ᴹQ. helke “ice” ✧ Ety/KHEL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHELEK “ice” ✧ Ety/KHEL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHELEK > heleg[kʰeleke] > [xeleke] > [xelek] > [xeleg] > [heleg]✧ Ety/KHEL
Noldorin [Ety/KHEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

helke

noun. ice

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “ice” derived from the root ᴹ√KHELEK of the same meaning (Ety/KHELEK).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. helke “ice” also appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√HELE (QL/39).

Cognates

  • N. heleg “ice” ✧ Ety/KHEL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHELEK “ice” ✧ Ety/KHEL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHELEK > helke[kʰeleke] > [kʰelke] > [xelke] > [helke]✧ Ety/KHEL

Middle Primitive Elvish

khelek

root. ice

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. helka “ice-cold” ✧ Ety/KHEL
  • ᴹQ. helke “ice” ✧ Ety/KHEL
  • N. helch “bitter cold, bitter cold, [G.] ice-cold, icy, cold” ✧ Ety/KHEL
  • N. heleg “ice” ✧ Ety/KHEL

Element in

  • ᴹQ. helkelimbe “*icicle, (lit.) ice-drop” ✧ Ety/LIB¹

Elements

WordGloss
KHEL“freeze”
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KHEL; Ety/KHYEL(ES); Ety/LIB¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

heleg

noun. ice

Cognates

  • Eq. helke “ice” ✧ LT1A/Helkar

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HELE “*freeze” ✧ GL/48; LT1A/Helkar

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√χele-k > heleg[xelek] > [helek] > [heleg]✧ GL/48

Variations

  • helc ✧ GL/48; LT1A/Helkar
Gnomish [GL/48; LT1A/Helkar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

helc

noun. ice

geluim

masculine name. Ice

Changes

  • GelumGeluim ✧ GL/22
  • DeluthGeluim ✧ PE15/21
  • DeluthGeluim ✧ PE15/24

Cognates

  • Eq. Yelur “Melko” ✧ GL/38; PE15/21; PE15/24; GL/18; LT1A/Melko; PE13/103; PE14/012

Derivations

  • ᴱ√DYELE “*cold” ✧ LT1A/Melko

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√DYELE > Geluim[dʲeloimu] > [geloimu] > [geloim] > [geluim]✧ LT1A/Melko

Variations

  • Gelum ✧ GL/22 (Gelum)
  • Gieluim ✧ LT1A/Melko
  • Deluth ✧ PE13/103; PE15/21 (Deluth); PE15/24 (Deluth)
  • Gelodh ✧ PE14/012
Gnomish [GL/18; GL/22; GL/38; LT1A/Melko; PE13/103; PE14/012; PE15/21; PE15/24] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

lhinc

noun. ice

A noun for “ice” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, clearly related to nearby ᴱN. lhing “cool” (PE13/149), but in lists both before and after this time the usual word for “cold” was ring (GL/65; VT42/13), so lhinc and lhing were likely a transient ideas.

Early Noldorin [PE13/149] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

helke

noun. ice

Cognates

  • G. heleg “ice” ✧ LT1A/Helkar

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HELE “*freeze” ✧ LT1A/Helkar; QL/039

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√HELE > helke[xelkē] > [xelke] > [helke]✧ QL/039

Variations

  • helkë ✧ LT1A/Helkar
Early Quenya [LT1A/Helkar; QL/039] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yalka

noun. ice

A noun for “ice” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√ẎALA “ring, sound hollow” (QL/105). Elsewhere in the Qenya Lexicon Tolkien contrasted it with ᴱQ. helke “ice” (QL/39), and in later writings Tolkien retained helke and seems to have abandoned yalka.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ẎALA “ring, sound hollow” ✧ QL/105

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ẎALA > yalka[ðʲalkā] > [ðʲalka] > [jalka]✧ QL/105
Early Quenya [QL/039; QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by