lhath

noun. (?) thong of leather

lhath

noun. thong of (?leather)

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as N. lhath “thong of (?leather)” [the last word is unclear] under the root ᴹ√LATH (Ety/LATH).

Conceptual Development: The word G. laim “thong, rope” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/52), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LIMI given its Early Qenya cognate ᴱQ. līmen “thong, band” (QL/54). It was also compared to G. lim “a sheaf, bundle” (GL/54).

Neo-Sindarin: Most Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this word as ᴺS. lath “thong (of leather)” since the unvoicing of initial l did not occur in Sindarin. For example, lath was suggested in HSD (HSD).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. latta “strap” ✧ Ety/LATH

Derivations

• ᴹ√LATH “string, thong” ✧ Ety/LATH

Element in

• N. haglath “sling” ✧ Ety/LATH

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√LATH/LAT > lhath	[latta] > [lattʰa] > [laθθa] > [laθθ] > [l̥aθθ] > [l̥aθ]	✧ Ety/LATH