A word for “snake” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with a stem form of {linge- >>} ling- (QL/54).
Early Quenya
lingwe
noun. snake, worm
Cognates
Element in
- Eq. lingwilla “coil, spire” ✧ QL/054
- Eq. lingwin “serpent, dragon” ✧ QL/054
- Eq. ulumpingwe “caterpillar”
Variations
- lingo ✧ QL/054
ingwe
noun. fish
Changes
engwe→ ingwe ✧ PE16/145Cognates
- G. ing “fish”
Derivations
- ᴱ√IWI “*fish” ✧ QL/043
Element in
- Eq. kuluin “goldfish” ✧ QL/049
- Eq. ingwil(in) “eel” ✧ QL/043
- Eq. telpingwe “silverfish” ✧ QL/091
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√IWI > ingwe [iŋwi] > [iŋwe] > [iŋgwe] ✧ QL/043 Variations
- engwe ✧ PE16/145 (
engwe)
lingo
noun. snake
lin
noun. snake
Cognates
- G. ling “small snake”
Derivations
- ᴱ√LIŊI “snake”
Element in
- Eq. lingwe “snake, worm” ✧ QL/054
- Eq. ingwil(in) “eel” ✧ QL/043
Variations
- lin ✧ QL/043
- Lin² ✧ QL/054
oqi
noun. snake
Derivations
- ᴱ√OQO “curve, bend” ✧ QL/070
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√OQO > oqi [okʷī] > [okʷi] ✧ QL/070
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “snake” with variants lingwe and lingo, an elaboration of ᴱQ. lin (ling-) of the same meaning (QL/54). Lingwe “snake” also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/54), but in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s it was glossed “worm” (PE16/145). In later writings, lingwë was “fish” (NM/336; Ety/LIW).