nem Reconstructed

root. seem, appear

A root implied by the verb ᴹQ. nem- “seem” in the Quenya Verbal System from the 1940s (PE22/99), as well as Q. nemesta “appearance, seeming” from Common Eldarin: Verb Structure from the early 1950s (PE22/137). The forms Q. níma/nimulë and S. nîf/nivol in 1957 notes, all glossed “phantom” or “seeming”, hint that this root may have become ✱√NIM. I think this is somewhat tenuous though, so I’d stick with √NEM for purposes of Neo-Eldarin until we get more information.

Derivatives

• Q. nem- “*to seem, appear, [ᴹQ.] to seem, appear”
• ᴺQ. nemba “seeming, evident, probably but not necessarily so”
• Q. nimulë “phantom, a seeming”
• ᴺS. nem “seeming, evident, probably but not necessarily so”
• ᴺS. nev- “to seem, appear”
• S. nivol “phantom, a seeming”