Noldorin
nem
noun. nose
nem
noun. nose
Cognates
- ᴹQ. nengwe “nose” ✧ Ety/NEÑ-WI
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶NEÑ-WI > nemb > nem [neŋwi] > [neŋgwi] > [neŋgwe] > [nembe] > [nemb] > [nemb] > [nemm] > [nem] ✧ Ety/NEÑ-WI
nemb
noun. nose
A word for “nose” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, with archaic form nemb and derived from ᴹ√NEÑ-WI (Ety/NEÑ-WI), an elaboration of the shorter root ᴹ√NEÑ (EtyAC/NEÑ-WI). The mb is a result of the Old Noldorin change of labialized velars into labials (ñw > ñgw > mb), a sound change that also occurred in Sindarin.
Conceptual Development: Similar but earlier “nose” words include G. nûn {“a nostril” >>} “a nose (of men only)” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/61) and ᴱN. {nheth >>} neth “nose” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/151).