Noldorin
lhûg
noun. dragon
Cognates
- ᴹQ. lóke “dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK
Derivations
- ᴹ√LOK “great serpent, dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LOK > lhûg [lōke] > [lūke] > [lūk] > [l̥ūk] > [l̥ūg] ✧ Ety/LOK
lhûg
noun. snake, serpent
lhimlug
noun. fish-dragon, sea-serpent
amlug
noun. dragon
amlug
noun. dragon
Cognates
- ᴹQ. angulóke “dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK
Elements
Word Gloss am- “snake” lhûg “dragon”
am-
prefix. snake
Derivations
- ᴹ√ANGWA “snake” ✧ Ety/ANGWA
Element in
- N. amlug “dragon” ✧ Ety/ANGWA
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ANGWA > am- [aŋgwa] > [amba] > [amb] > [amm] > [am] ✧ Ety/ANGWA
A prefix for “snake” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√ANGWA of the same meaning, most notably an element in N. amlug “dragon” (Ety/ANGWA).