Quenya 

nessë

youth

nessë noun "youth"; also nésë (NETH)

nésë

youth

nésë (Þ) noun "youth", also nessë (NETH). Not to be confused with nésë "he was"; see ná #1.

vinyarë

noun. youth, youth, *young adulthood

Elements

WordGloss
vinya“young, new”
-rë“abstract noun”

vínë

youth

vínë noun "youth" (probably as abstract) (VT47:26, PE17:191)

vínë

noun. youth, youth, *childhood

Cognates

  • S. gwîn “youth” ✧ PE17/191

Derivations

  • √WIN “young, young, [ᴹ√] new, fresh” ✧ PE17/191; VT47/26

Element in

  • Q. vinimetta “end of youth, end of youth, *reaching middle age”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√WIN > vínë[wīne] > [βīne] > [vīne]✧ PE17/191

Variations

  • víne ✧ VT47/26
Quenya [PE17/191; VT47/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vírië

youth

vírië noun "youth" (as abstract) (VT46:22)

laisi

youth, vigour, new life

laisi, laito noun "youth, vigour, new life" (LT1:267; rather vië or nésë, nessë in Tolkien's later Quenya)

Sindarin 

gwîn

noun. youth

n. youth. Q. víne. >> gwein

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:191] < WIN young. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

gwîn

noun. youth

Cognates

  • Q. vínë “youth, youth, *childhood” ✧ PE17/191

Derivations

  • √WIN “young, young, [ᴹ√] new, fresh” ✧ PE17/191

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√WIN > gwîn[wine] > [gwine] > [gwin] > [gwīn]✧ PE17/191
Sindarin [PE17/191] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nîth

youth

(construct nith; no distinct pl. form)

dess

young woman

dess (i ness, o ndess, constuct des), pl. diss (i ndiss). KINSWOMAN (also

dess

young woman

dess (i ness, o ndess, constuct des), pl. diss (i ndiss)

Primitive elvish

nethē

noun. young woman, girl

Derivations

  • √NETH “(young) woman, female person; sister; fresh, lively, merry, (young) woman, female person; sister; fresh, lively, merry; [ᴹ√] young” ✧ VT47/32

Element in

  • ✶netthi “girl approaching the adult, sister (diminutive)” ✧ VT47/33

Variations

  • nēthē ✧ VT47/33
Primitive elvish [VT47/26; VT47/33] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

nîth

noun. youth

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nîth

noun. youth

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nése “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶nēthē “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH
    • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶nēthē > nîth[nētʰē] > [nītʰē] > [nītʰe] > [nīθe] > [nīθ]✧ Ety/NETH
Noldorin [Ety/NETH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dess

noun. young woman

An archaic word in The Etymologies of the 1930s for “young woman” derived from ON. ndissa under the root ᴹ√NDIS (Ety/NDIS), where the i became e via a-affection. Tolkien said of dess that it “does not [survive] except as contributing to sense ‘woman’: cf. bess properly ‘wife’” (EtyAC/NDIS). Hence this word was no longer used in modern language.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nis “woman” ✧ Ety/NDIS

Derivations

  • On. ndissa “young woman” ✧ Ety/BES; Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS
    • ᴹ√NDIS “*bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS
    • ᴹ√NĪ/INI “female” ✧ Ety/BES
    • ᴹ√NIS “woman” ✧ Ety/NIS

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. dissa > dess[dissa] > [dessa] > [dess]✧ Ety/BES
Noldorin [Ety/BES; Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS] 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 

nesse

noun. youth

Element in

nése

noun. youth

Cognates

  • N. nîth “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶nēthē “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH
    • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NETH
  • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Element in

  • ᴹQ. nessima “youthful” ✧ Ety/NETH

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶nēthē > nése[nētʰē] > [nēθē] > [nēθe] > [nēse]✧ Ety/NETH
ᴹ√NETH > nesse[nettʰe] > [nesse]✧ Ety/NETH

Variations

  • nesse ✧ Ety/NETH

vírie

noun. youth

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WIR “new, fresh, young” ✧ EtyAC/WIR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√WIR/WĪ/WIRI > vírie[wirie] > [βirie] > [virie]✧ EtyAC/WIR

Old Noldorin 

ndissa

noun. young woman

Changes

  • disse → dissa “young woman” ✧ EtyAC/NIS

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nis “woman” ✧ Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NDIS “*bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS
    • ᴹ√NĪ/INI “female” ✧ Ety/BES
    • ᴹ√NIS “woman” ✧ Ety/NIS

Derivatives

  • N. dess “young woman” ✧ Ety/BES; Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NDIS-SĒ/SĀ > ndissa[ndissā] > [ndissa]✧ Ety/NDIS

Variations

  • dissa ✧ Ety/BES; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS; EtyAC/NIS (dissa)
  • disse ✧ EtyAC/NIS (disse)
Old Noldorin [Ety/BES; Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

nēthē

noun. youth

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. nése “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH
  • N. nîth “youth” ✧ Ety/NETH
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NETH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

ganos

noun. youth

Element in

gwioth

noun. youth

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWIWI “*young” ✧ GL/42

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gu̯iu̯ > gwioth[gʷiuθ] > [gʷioθ]✧ GL/42

Early Primitive Elvish

χilþē

noun. youth

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HILI “*youth, offspring” ✧ GL/49

Derivatives

  • Eq. hil(de) “child” ✧ GL/49
  • G. hiltha “youth (more often masculine)” ✧ GL/49
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/49] Group: Eldamo. Published by