Early Quenya
lóte
noun. flower, bloom, blossom
Cognates
- G. lost “blossom, bloom”
Derivations
- ᴱ√LOHO “*flower” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; QL/055
Element in
- Eq. kamilot “red clover” ✧ QL/044
- Eq.
Lindelóte✧ LT1A/Lindelos (Lindelótë)- Eq. fumella “(red) poppy, *(lit.) flower of sleep” ✧ QL/039
- Eq. lotarwa “garden” ✧ QL/055
- Eq. lótea “full of blossom” ✧ QL/055
- Eq. lótefalmarínen “with waves crowned with flowers” ✧ MC/220; PE16/060; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
- Eq. lotella “floret” ✧ QL/055
- Eq. lóteqilna “broidered with flowers” ✧ QL/055
- Eq. Lóter Kuluinai ✧ PE13/104
- Eq. Lotesse ✧ QL/055
- Eq. vean san falastuváre alkalótefalmarínen “*the sea then will surge with waves like shining blossoms” ✧ PE16/077; PE16/077
- Eq. Wingilot “Foam-flower” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; LT1A/Wingilot
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LO’O > lōte [loɣtē] > [loɣte] > [lōte] ✧ QL/055 Variations
- lótë ✧ LT1A/Lindelos
- loote ✧ PE16/072; PE16/077; PE16/077
- lōte ✧ PME/056; QL/055
meril
noun. flower
Cognates
- G. Gwithil “flowers” ✧ GL/46
Derivations
- ᴱ√ŊWEĐE “*bloom, flower” ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi
Element in
- Eq. Meril-i-Turinqi “Queen of Flowers” ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ŋgu̯eđe > meril [ŋgʷeðil] > [ŋgʷezil] > [ŋgʷeril] > [ŋʷeril] > [meril] ✧ GL/45 Variations
- Meril ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; LT2I/Meril-i-Turinqi
A word for a “flower(s)” in the name ᴱQ. Meril-i-Turinqi “Queen of Flowers” (LT1/16; GL/46).
Conceptual Development: In Tolkien’s later writing, S./N. {Beril >>} Meril was used for the name “Rose”.