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

• ✶neter(e) “nine” ✧ PE17/095; VT42/26
  • √NETER “nine”

Element in

• Q. ne(re)sta “one ninth”
• ᴺQ. neterquain “ninety”
• ᴺQ. neterquëan “ninety”
• Q. neterquë “nineteen”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶net-er > nerte	[netere] > [netre] > [nerte]	✧ PE17/095
✶netere > nerte	[netere] > [netre] > [nerte]	✧ VT42/26

Variations

• nerte ✧ PE17/095; VT42/26; VT48/06

nertëa

ordinal. ninth

Cognates

• S. nedrui “ninth” ✧ VT42/25
• T. neterya “ninth” ✧ VT42/25

Variations

• nertea ✧ VT42/25

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)

nedrui

ordinal. ninth

nedrui

ordinal. ninth

Cognates

• Q. nertëa “ninth” ✧ VT42/25

nerthui

ordinal. ninth

nerthui

ordinal. ninth

Derivations

• √NETER “nine”

neder

cardinal. nine

neder

cardinal. nine

Cognates

• Q. nertë “nine” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06

Derivations

• ✶neter(e) “nine” ✧ PE17/095
  • √NETER “nine”

Element in

• ᴺS. nederphaen “ninety”
• S. nedrui “ninth” ✧ VT42/25
• ᴺS. paeneder “nineteen”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶net-er > neder	[netere] > [neter] > [neder]	✧ PE17/095

nedrui

ninth

nedrui

ninth

nedrui

neder

cardinal. nine

neder;

neder

nine

;

neter

cardinal. nine

Cognates

• Q. nertë “nine” ✧ VT48/06

neterya

ordinal. ninth

Cognates

• Q. nertëa “ninth” ✧ VT42/25

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

• ✶neter(e) “nine”
  • Q. nertë “nine” ✧ PE17/095; VT42/26
  • S. neder “nine” ✧ PE17/095
• ᴺS. nederph “nineteen”
• S. nerthui “ninth”

Variations

• net-er ✧ VT42/24
• neter- ✧ VT47/11
• neter ✧ VT47/12; VT47/15; VT47/16; VT47/33

neter(e)

cardinal. nine

Derivations

• √NETER “nine”

Derivatives

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

Variations

• net-er ✧ PE17/095
• neter ✧ PE21/71
• netere ✧ VT42/26

neder

cardinal. nine

neder

cardinal. nine

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nerte “nine” ✧ Ety/NÉTER

Derivations

• ᴹ√NETER “nine” ✧ Ety/NÉTER

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NÉTER > neder	[netere] > [neter] > [neder]	✧ Ety/NÉTER