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!

Gnomish

lind

noun. twine

Cognates

  • Eq. lia “twine” ✧ LT1A/Ungwë Lianti

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LIYA “unite many as one”
    • ᴱ√LĪ “*many”
  • ᴱ√LĪ “*many” ✧ GL/54; LT1A/Ungwë Lianti
Gnomish [GL/54; LT1A/Ungwë Lianti] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dólin

noun. song

Derivations

Element in

  • G. Gondolin “Stone of Song” ✧ LT1A/Gondolin

Variations

  • dôlin ✧ GL/29
Gnomish [GL/29; LT1A/Gondolin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwail

noun. air

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWILI “*fly” ✧ GL/45

Element in

  • G. gwailtha- “to air; expose to air” ✧ GL/45

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gu̯il > gwail[gʷīl] > [gʷail]✧ GL/45

sîr

noun. river

Cognates

  • Eq. sindi “river” ✧ LT1A/Sirion

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SIÐI “flow” ✧ LT1A/Sirion

Element in

  • G. siriol “flowing, fluent, liquid, melliflous” ✧ GL/67
  • G. Sirion “†river” ✧ GL/67; LT1A/Sirion
  • G. Thorn Sir “Eagle-stream” ✧ LT1A/Sirion

Variations

  • Sîr ✧ GL/67
Gnomish [GL/67; LT1A/Sirion] Group: Eldamo. Published by