Quenya 

nertë

cardinal. nine

nertë cardinal "nine" (NÉTER, VT42:26, VT48:6); nertëa ordinal "ninth" (VT42:25)

nertë

cardinal. nine

Cognates

  • S. neder “nine” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06
  • T. neter “nine” ✧ VT48/06

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
net-er > nerte[netere] > [netre] > [nerte]✧ PE17/095
netere > nerte[netere] > [netre] > [nerte]✧ VT42/26

Variations

  • nerte ✧ PE17/095; VT42/26; VT48/06
Quenya [PE17/095; VT42/26; VT48/06] Group: Eldamo. Published by

huë

cardinal. nine

huë "Qenya" cardinal "nine" (in Tolkiens later Quenya nertë) (VT49:54)

olma

cardinal. nine

olma cardinal "nine" (LT1:258; in Tolkien's later Quenya nertë)

Sindarin 

neder

cardinal. nine

Sindarin [Ety/376, VT/42:25, VT/48:6, PE/17:95] Group: SINDICT. Published by

neder

cardinal. nine

Cognates

  • Q. nertë “nine” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
net-er > neder[netere] > [neter] > [neder]✧ PE17/095
Sindarin [PE17/095; VT42/25; VT48/06] Group: Eldamo. Published by

neder

card

_ card. _nine. Q. nerte. >> cae, caen-

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

er

card

_ card. _one. Q. er. >> min, tad

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

nel

card

_ card. _three. Q. nelde. Fcan, canad, neledh

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

eneg

card

_ card. _six. Q. enque, enc-. >> odog

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

canad

card

_ card. _four. Q. canta. >> can, leben

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

leben

card

_ card. _five. Q. lepen, lempe. >> eneg

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

cae

card

_ card. _ten. Q. cea. >> caen-, mimp. This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

can

card

_ card. _four. Q. canta. >> canad, leben

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

min

card

_ card. _one. Q. min. >> er, tad

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

tad

card

_ card. _two. Q. atta. Fnel, neledh

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

tad

card

card. two. . This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:14] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

caen-

card

_ card. _ten. Q. cainen. >> cae, mimp. This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

odog

card

_ card. _seven. Q. otos. >> tolod

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

tolod

card

_ card. _eight. Q. tolto. >> neder

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

neder

cardinal. nine

neder;

neder

nine

;

nedrui

ninth

Telerin 

neter

cardinal. nine

Cognates

  • Q. nertë “nine” ✧ VT48/06
Telerin [VT48/06; VT48/21] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

Derivatives

Variations

  • net-er ✧ VT42/24
  • neter- ✧ VT47/11
  • neter ✧ VT47/12; VT47/15; VT47/16; VT47/33
Primitive elvish [VT42/24; VT47/11; VT47/12; VT47/15; VT47/16; VT47/33] Group: Eldamo. Published by

neter(e)

cardinal. nine

Derivations

Derivatives

  • Q. nertë “nine” ✧ PE17/095; VT42/26
  • S. neder “nine” ✧ PE17/095

Variations

  • net-er ✧ PE17/095
  • neter ✧ PE21/71
  • netere ✧ VT42/26
Primitive elvish [PE17/095; PE21/71; VT42/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

neder

cardinal. nine

Noldorin [Ety/376, VT/42:25, VT/48:6, PE/17:95] Group: SINDICT. Published by

neder

cardinal. nine

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nerte “nine” ✧ Ety/NÉTER

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NETER “nine” ✧ Ety/NÉTER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NÉTER > neder[netere] > [neter] > [neder]✧ Ety/NÉTER
Noldorin [Ety/NÉTER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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!

Qenya 

nerte

cardinal. nine

Cognates

  • N. neder “nine” ✧ Ety/NÉTER

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NETER “nine” ✧ Ety/NÉTER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NÉTER > nerte[netere] > [netre] > [nerte]✧ Ety/NÉTER

Middle Primitive Elvish

neter

root. nine

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. nerte “nine” ✧ Ety/NÉTER
  • N. neder “nine” ✧ Ety/NÉTER

Variations

  • NÉTER ✧ Ety/NÉTER
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NÉTER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

hue

cardinal. nine

Changes

  • huohue ✧ PE14/049
  • huohue “nine” ✧ PE14/051

Element in

  • Eq. huekainen “ninety” ✧ PE14/049; PE14/049 (huokainen)
  • Eq. hue yullume i hualqe “twice nine is eighteen” ✧ PE14/051
  • Eq. huesto “one ninth” ✧ PE14/049; PE14/082
  • Eq. húya “ninth” ✧ PE14/049
  • Eq. húkea “nineteen” ✧ PE14/049; PE14/049 (huokea)
  • Eq. hukaiya “nineteenth” ✧ PE14/082

Variations

  • huo ✧ PE14/049 (huo); PE14/051 (huo)
Early Quenya [PE14/049; PE14/051; PE14/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

olme(t)

cardinal. nine

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OLO “tip” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; QL/069

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√OLO¹ > olme[olmē] > [olme]✧ QL/069

Variations

  • olma ✧ LT1A/Lindelos
  • olme ✧ QL/069
  • olmet ✧ QL/069
Early Quenya [LT1A/Lindelos; QL/069] Group: Eldamo. Published by