Quenya 

cirma

noun. knife

Derivations

  • KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”

Element in

  • Q. cirmacin “knife-edge” ✧ PE22/149

Variations

  • kirma ✧ PE22/149 (kirma)

sicil

dagger, knife

sicil ("k")noun "dagger, knife" (SIK)

naica

dagger

naica (2) noun "dagger" (GL:37)

Sindarin 

sigil

knife

sigil (i higil, o sigil) (dagger), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. Note: a homophone means ”necklace”.

sigil

knife

(i higil, o sigil) (dagger), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. Note: a homophone means ”necklace”.

sigil

dagger

sigil (i higil, o sigil) (knife), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. Note: a homophone means ”necklace”.

sigil

dagger

(i higil, o sigil) (knife), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. Note: a homophone means ”necklace”.

Noldorin 

sigil

noun. dagger, knife

Noldorin [Ety/385] Q sicil. Group: SINDICT. Published by

sigil

noun. dagger, knife

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. sikil “dagger, knife” ✧ Ety/SIK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SIK “*dagger, knife” ✧ Ety/SIK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√SIK > sigil[sikil] > [sigil]✧ Ety/SIK

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Qenya 

sikil

noun. dagger, knife

Cognates

  • N. sigil “dagger, knife” ✧ Ety/SIK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SIK “*dagger, knife” ✧ Ety/SIK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√SIK > sikil[sikil]✧ Ety/SIK

Middle Primitive Elvish

sik

root. *dagger, knife

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed with derivatives ᴹQ. sikil/N. sigil “dagger, knife” (Ety/SIK).

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. sikil “dagger, knife” ✧ Ety/SIK
  • N. sigil “dagger, knife” ✧ Ety/SIK
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SIK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

crî

noun. knife

Derivations

crist

noun. knife; slash, slice

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KIRISI “cut, split” ✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KIRI > crist[kiríste] > [kríste] > [kríst]✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth
Gnomish [GL/27; LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

naika

noun. dagger

Cognates

  • G. gaig “weapon, tool” ✧ GL/37

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ŊAHYA “hurt, grieve”

Variations

  • naika ✧ GL/37
Early Quenya [GL/37] Group: Eldamo. Published by