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Qenya 

menel

noun. the heavens, firmament, sky

Cognates

  • Ad. minal “the heavens, sky” ✧ SD/241
  • Ad. menel “the heavens (draft)” ✧ SD/305
  • N. menel “*the heavens”

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MENEL “heaven, sky” ✧ SD/414

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MENEL > Menel[menel]✧ SD/414

Variations

  • Menel ✧ RC/671; SD/414; SDI2/Menel
Qenya [PE22/046; RC/671; SD/241; SD/305; SD/401; SD/414; SDI2/Menel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

helle

noun. sky

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sky” derived from the root ᴹ√ƷEL of the same meaning (Ety/ƷEL).

Cognates

  • On. elle “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
  • Ilk. gell “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ƷEL “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL

Element in

  • ᴹQ. helyanwe “rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge, rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge, *sky-joining” ✧ Ety/ƷEL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ƷEL > helle[ɣelle] > [helle]✧ Ety/ƷEL

Variations

  • helle ✧ Ety/ƷEL

ilduma

noun. heaven

Elements

WordGloss
ILU“ether, the slender airs among the stars”
má“land, region”
Qenya [PE21/04; PE21/08; PE21/38; PE21/42; PE21/43; PE21/46; PE21/47] Group: Eldamo. Published by