lus

root. *empty

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s whose derivatives had to do with empty things, such as ᴹQ. lusta “void, empty”, N. lhoss “wilderness” and N. lhost “empty” (Ety/LUS). The last of these was an element in the name N. Lhothlann or Lothland “Empty and Wide” (Ety/LAD; LR/264), and Tolkien’s continued use of S. Lothlann in later versions of the Silmarillion indicate the ongoing validity of this root (S/123).

Derivatives

• Ilk. losgen “empty”
• Ilk. lost “empty” ✧ Ety/KAB
• ᴹQ. lusta “void, empty” ✧ Ety/LUS
• N. lhoss “wilderness” ✧ Ety/LUS
• N. lhost “empty” ✧ Ety/LUS
• N. lothren “wild, waste” ✧ Ety/LUS

Element in

• N. Camlost “Empty-hand(ed)” ✧ Ety/KAB
• N. Lhothlann “Empty and Wide” ✧ Ety/LAD