molif

noun. wrist

molif

noun. wrist, (lit.) hand-link

A word for “wrist” in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s, a combination of (archaic) †maw “hand” and lîf “link”, hence “(lit.) hand-link” (VT47/6).

Conceptual Development: There was a similar word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s: G. {mabrid >>} mabrin(d) “wrist”, a combination of G. mab “hand(s)” and G. grinn “ankle, wrist” (GL/42, 55).

Cognates

• Q. málimë “wrist, (lit.) hand-link” ✧ VT47/06
• T. málimë “wrist, (lit.) hand-link” ✧ VT47/06

Derivations

• ✶mā-limi “wrist, (lit.) hand-link” ✧ VT47/06

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶mā-limi > molif	[mālimi] > [mālime] > [mǭlime] > [maulime] > [maulim] > [molim] > [moliv]	✧ VT47/06

molif

wrist

molif (i volif), no distinct pl. form except when article precedes (i molif), coll. pl. molivath