Nandorin 

lego

adjective. green

Nandorin [Let/282; PE17/153] Group: Eldamo. Published by

legolas

masculine name. Greenleaf

Nandorin [Let/282; Let/382; LotR/0503; LotRI/Legolas; PE17/153; RSI/Legolas; UTI/Legolas] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

legolin

place name. Legolin

One of the seven streams from which Ossiriand got its name (S/123). This name is an extension of legol “running free” (Ety/LEK). Given the river’s location in Ossiriand, this name might be Nandorin instead.

Conceptual Development: In its first appearances in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this river was named Loeglin, revised to Legolin (SM/135). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the name Ilk. Legolin was designated Ilkorin, with the derivation given above (Ety/LEK). Like many of the river names in Ossiriand, Tolkien did not give a new etymology of the name after he abandoned the Ilkorin language.

Sindarin [S/123; SI/Legolin; WJI/Legolin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

legolas

masculine name. Legolas

legol

adjective. [Ilk.] nimble, active, running free

Legolas

noun. green leaves

leg (Nan. form of laeg “green”) + golas (“collection of leaves, foliage”) < gwa (“together”) + lass (“leaf”)

Sindarin [Tolkiendil] Group: Tolkiendil Compound Sindarin Names. Published by

Legolas

noun. A Sindarin name

_ prop. n. _A Sindarin name. >> golas, laeg

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:51:84] < S. _laeg_ green + _go-lass_ foliage. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

Legolas

noun. 'green foliage'

n. 'green foliage'. >> golas(s)

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:159] = _leg-olas_ < LAY + ?. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

laeg

green

_ adj. _green. >> Legolas

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:84] < _laikā_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

laeg

adjective. green

_ adj. _green (of leaves, herbage). Q. laika.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:159] < LAY. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

laegolas

masculine name. Green-foliage

The true Sindarin form of Nan. Legolas, a combination of laeg “green” and the lenited form of golas “foliage” (Let/282, PE17/56). In some places this name also appeared as S. Legolas with the diphthong [ae] reduced to [e] in the compound, (P17/84, 159), but the exact mechanism for this is unclear.

Conceptual Development: See Nan. Legolas for the earlier developments of this name.

Sindarin [Let/282; PE17/056; PE17/084; PE17/159] Group: Eldamo. Published by

calen

green

(galen) _ adj. _green (fresh, vigorous). galen after a sg. noun. Q. kălina (lit. illumined) sunny, light.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:77:153] < GAL. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

laeb

adjective. green

_ adj. _green. A theoretical equivalent to Q. laiqua but that did not exist in Sindarin.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:153] < _laiqua_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

Quenya 

laicolassë

masculine name. Green-foliage

The Quenya name of Legolas, a compound of laica “green” and olassë “foliage” (PE17/56).

Conceptual Development: In the much earlier Lost Tales, ᴱQ. Laiqalasse was given as the Qenya equivalent of the similarly named G. Legolas (LT2/217), though this was a completely different character, unrelated to the Legolas who appeared in The Lord of the Rings.

laica

green

laica (1) adj. "green" (in older sources laiqua) (Letters:282, PE17:159). Laicolassë (laica + #olassë) "green-foliage" (PE17:46), Quenya cognate of Sindarin Laegolas (dialectal form Legolas); compare olassië. Adj. laicalassë "green as leaves", literally "green-leaf" (PE17:56).

laiqua

green

laiqua ("q")adj. "green" (LÁYAK, LT1:267, MC:214), "Qenya" pl. laiquali ("q")(MC:216). Occurs in the phrase laiqua'ondoisen ("q") "green-rocks-upon" (MC:221; this is "Qenya"), Laiqualassë ("q") masc. name "Legolas" (Greenleaf) (LT1:267). Used as noun in the phrase mi laiqua of somebody clad "in green" (PE17:71). In later material, the word for "green" appears as laica, and the cognate of Legolas is said to be Laicolassë, q.v. (PE17:56)

laica

adjective. green

Quenya [Let/282; PE17/056; PE17/084; PE17/159] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laiqua

adjective. green

Quenya [PE17/071; PE17/084; PE17/153] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ezel

green

ezel, ezella adj. "green" (in Vanyarin Quenya only). Adopted and adapted from Valarin. (WJ:399)

ezel(la)

adjective. green

wenya

green, yellow-green, fresh

wenya adj. "green, yellow-green, fresh" (GWEN), apparently "fair, beautiful" ("probably originally "fresh, fair, unblemished especially of beauty of youth") in a later deleted note (PE17:191).

Primitive elvish

laikā

adjective. green

Primitive elvish [Let/282] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Quendya 

ezel(la)

adjective. green


Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Doriathrin

legolin

place name. Legolin

Doriathrin [Ety/LEK; LRI/Legolin; SM/135; SMI/Legolin; SMI/Loeglin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

legol

adjective. nimble, active, running free

An Ilkorin adjective meaning “nimble, active, running free” developed from the root ᴹ√LEK, an element in the river name Legolin (Ety/LEK). It probably developed from a primitive form ✱✶leklā: after the [[ilk|primitive final [a] was lost]], the resulting [[ilk|final [l] became syllabic and developed into [-ol]]], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/legol).

Conceptual Development: Tolkien did not revise the river name Legolin after abandoning the Ilkorin language, so it is possible he reconceived this word as Sindarin. Its phonetic development from ✱✶leklā would have produced the same result in Noldorin/Sindarin.

Doriathrin [Ety/LEK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwene

adjective. green

An adjective for “green” derived from the root ᴹ√GWEN (Ety/GWEN). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. wenya suggests its primitive form was ✱✶gwenyā [gwenjā]. If so, it is an example of how, after [[ilk|final [a] was lost]], the [[ilk|final [j] became [i]]] and then became [e], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/gwene).

Doriathrin [Ety/GWEN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

legolas

masculine name. Greenleaf

Gnomish [GL/53; LT2/189; LT2/217; LT2A/Legolas; LT2I/Laiqalassë; LT2I/Legolas; PE13/105; PE15/28] Group: Eldamo. Published by

legolast

masculine name. Keen-sight

Gnomish [LT1A/Tári-Laisi] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laib

adjective. green

Gnomish [GL/39; GL/52; LT1A/Tári-Laisi; PE15/28] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Ossriandric

legolas

masculine name. Greenleaf

Ossriandric [PM/036; PMI/Legolas; SDI1/Legolas; TI/148; TI/392; TII/Legolas; WRI/Legolas] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

gog

adjective. nimble

Early Noldorin [PE13/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhaiw

adjective. green

Early Noldorin [PE13/148] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

laika

adjective. green

laiqa

adjective. green

Early Quenya [GL/39; LT1A/Tári-Laisi; MC/214; MC/216; MC/221; PE14/083; PE15/28; PE16/056; PE16/062; PE16/065; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/077; PE16/100; PE16/104; PE16/139; PME/052; QL/052; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

laiqa

adjective. green