lib

root. drip

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “drip” with derivative ᴹQ. limba “drop” (Ety/LIB¹). Earlier hints to this root can be seen in the Early Noldorin words ᴱN. lim “water” (< ✱limb-?) and ᴱN. limig “drop of water” from the 1920s (PE13/123, 124). This 1930s root may also have inherited some of the senses of 1910s ᴱ√LIPI which had derivatives like ᴱQ. lipte- “to drip” and ᴱQ. litl “a tiny drop”, though ᴹ√LIP itself did reappear in The Etymologies of the 1930s and retained its 1910s derivative ᴹQ. limpe “wine”; see √LIP for further discussion.

Derivatives

• ᴺQ. lilíva- “to drip, drip-drop”
• ᴹQ. limba “drop” ✧ Ety/LIB¹
• ᴺQ. lipta- “to drip”
• En. lim “water”
• ᴺS. limig “[small] drop, drop of water”
• ᴺS. liv- “to drip”

lib

root. LIB

(g)lib

root. *ointment

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives having to do with ointment and soap (Ety/LIB²). It appeared in both strengthened form ᴹ√GLIB and unstrengthened ᴹ√LIB, being the basis for Noldorin and Quenya words respectively. The later root √LIP “oil” (VT44/15) might be a variant of this root.

Derivatives

• ᴹ✶laibē “ointment” ✧ Ety/LIB²
  • ᴹQ. laive “ointment” ✧ Ety/LIB²
  • N. glaew “ointment, salve” ✧ Ety/LIB²
  • On. glaibe “salve, ointment”
  • N. glaew “ointment, salve” ✧ PE22/032; TMME/053
• ᴹ✶libda “soap” ✧ Ety/LIB²
  • ᴹQ. lipsa “soap” ✧ Ety/LIB²
  • N. glûdh “soap” ✧ Ety/LIB²
• ᴺQ. liv- “to anoint”

Variations

• LIB² ✧ Ety/LIB²
• LIB ✧ EtyAC/GLIB