mith
noun. white fog, wet mist
mith
adjective. (pale) grey
mith
adjective. grey
Derivations
- ᴹ√MITH “*mist, grey” ✧ Ety/MITH
Element in
- N. Mitheithel “Hoarwell”
- N. Mithlond “?Grey Havens, Grey Gulf”
- N. Mithrandir “Grey Wanderer/Pilgrim”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√MITH > mith [mitʰe] > [miθe] > [miθ] ✧ Ety/MITH Variations
- mith ✧ Ety/MITH
mith
noun. white fog, wet mist
Derivations
- ᴹ√MITH “*mist, grey” ✧ Ety/MITH
Element in
- N. Mithrim “*Mist Lake” ✧ Ety/MITH
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√MITH > mith [mitʰi] > [mitʰe] > [miθe] > [miθ] ✧ Ety/MITH Variations
- mith ✧ Ety/MITH
hithw
noun. fog
hithw
noun. fog
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as N. {heðw >>} hithw “fog” derived from primitive ᴹ✶khithme under the root ᴹ√KHITH “mist, fog” (Ety/KHIS; EtyAC/KHIS).
Conceptual Development: G. huith “fog” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s is a likely precursor (GL/49), perhaps derived from a (hypothetical) early root ✱ᴱ√HUYU.
Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to Neo-Sindarin, this word would become ᴺS. hithu, as suggested in HSD (HSD).
Changes
heðw→ hithw ✧ Ety/KHISCognates
- ᴹQ. hiswe “fog” ✧ Ety/KHIS
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶khithme > hithw [kʰitʰme] > [kʰitʰwe] > [xitʰwe] > [xiθwe] > [xiθw] > [hiθw] > [hiθu] ✧ Ety/KHIS Variations
- heðw ✧ EtyAC/KHIS (
heðw)
thind
adjective. grey, pale
thinn
adjective. grey, pale
A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “white fog, wet mist” derived from the root ᴹ√MITH (Ety/MITH). As a later addition to this entry, Tolkien instead gave N. mith “grey”, and that was how this word was typically used in Tolkien’s later writings.