lhaug

adjective. warm

lhaug

adjective. warm

An adjective appearing as N. lhaug “warm” in The Etymologies of the 1930s from primitive ᴹ✶lauka under the root ᴹ√LAW of the same meaning (Ety/LAW).

Conceptual Development: G. laug appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “(of plants) alive, having sap, green, vigorous” (GL/53), likely based on the early root ᴱ√LAWA having to do with the life of plants (QL/52).

Neo-Sindarin: This word is usually adapted as ᴺS. laug “warm” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD), since the unvoicing of initial l is not a feature of later Sindarin.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. lauka “warm” ✧ Ety/LAW

Derivations

• ᴹ✶lauka “warm” ✧ Ety/LAW
  • ᴹ√LAW “warm; abound” ✧ Ety/LAW

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶lauka > lhaug	[lauka] > [lǭka] > [louka] > [lauka] > [lauk] > [l̥auk] > [l̥aug]	✧ Ety/LAW