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Early Quenya

millo

noun. oil

The word ᴱQ. millo “oil” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s as a cognate of ᴱN. bliw, both derived from primitive ᴱ✶mḷgo (PE13/139). In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s the word for “oil” was ᴱQ. ilma derived from the early root ᴱ√ILI “shine oily” (QL/42).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I’d retain ᴺQ. millo for “oil” from a Neo-Root ᴺ√MILIG, where lg became ll (PE19/93). However, I would assume a stem form of millu- and a primitive form ✱mil’gu to better explain the final w in ᴺS. blîw “oil”.

Cognates

  • En. bliw “oil” ✧ PE13/139

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶mḷgo “*oil” ✧ PE13/139
Early Quenya [PE13/139] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ilma

noun. oil

Cognates

  • G. ilm “oil, fat, grease”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ILI “shine oily” ✧ QL/042

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ILI¹ > ilma[ilmā] > [ilma]✧ QL/042

Variations

  • ilma ✧ QL/042
Early Quenya [QL/042] Group: Eldamo. Published by