neder;
Noldorin
neder
cardinal. nine
neder
cardinal. nine
Sindarin
neder
cardinal. nine
neder
cardinal. nine
neder
card
neder
cardinal. nine
neder
nine
;
nedrui
ninth
tolod
card
_ card. _eight. Q. tolto. >> neder
cae
card
caen-
card
can
card
canad
card
eneg
card
_ card. _six. Q. enque, enc-. >> odog
er
card
leben
card
_ card. _five. Q. lepen, lempe. >> eneg
min
card
nel
card
_ card. _three. Q. nelde. Fcan, canad, neledh
odog
card
_ card. _seven. Q. otos. >> tolod
tad
card
_ card. _two. Q. atta. Fnel, neledh
tad
card
card. two. . This gloss was rejected.
Primitive elvish
neter
root. nine
A root for “nine” introduced in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/NÉTER), replacing earliest words for “nine” such as ᴱQ. olme(t) and ᴱQ. hue from the 1910s and 20s. The root continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writings, and in his notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s he explored several possible origins for this root: connected to the finger name Q. nettë “little girl” derived from the root √NET “dainty” (VT47/33), based on the counting term Q. nete “one more” as in “nete, nete, nete, 10” (VT47/15-16), or simply as an independent invention of its own (VT47/12).
Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I think it is easiest to assume √NETER its own root without any deeper etymology.
neter(e)
cardinal. nine
Telerin
neter
cardinal. nine
Quenya
nertë
cardinal. nine
huë
cardinal. nine
huë "Qenya" cardinal "nine" (in Tolkiens later Quenya nertë) (VT49:54)
nertë
cardinal. nine
nertë cardinal "nine" (NÉTER, VT42:26, VT48:6); nertëa ordinal "ninth" (VT42:25)
olma
cardinal. nine
olma cardinal "nine" (LT1:258; in Tolkien's later Quenya nertë)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Middle Primitive Elvish
neter
root. nine
Qenya
nerte
cardinal. nine
Early Quenya
hue
cardinal. nine
olme(t)
cardinal. nine
_ card. _nine. Q. nerte. >> cae, caen-