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

muinthel

noun. sister

Noldorin [Ety/392] muin+thêl. Group: SINDICT. Published by

muinthel

noun. sister

Noldorin [Ety/THEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thêl

noun. sister

Noldorin [Ety/392] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thêl

noun. sister

A word for “sister” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√THEL or THELES of the same meaning, with an irregular plural thelei (Ety/THEL). It had a more elaborate form muinthel, the equivalent of muindor “(dear) brother”, with an initial element muin “dear”.

Neo-Quenya: In notes from the late 1960s, Tolkien introduced a new word nethel for “sister” from the root √NETH (VT47/14). However, I think thêl and related words might be retained to mean a “metaphorical sister”, a close female associate who may or may not be related by blood, as with such words as gwathel “[sworn] sister, associate”. In this paradigm, I would assume muinthel still refers to a sister by blood, with an added connotation of strong affection. I think it’s best to assume the irregular Noldorin plural pattern was reformed to the normal Sindarin plural thîl.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. seler “sister” ✧ Ety/THEL

Derivations

  • On. thele “sister” ✧ Ety/THEL
    • ᴹ√THEL(ES) “sister” ✧ Ety/THEL
    • ᴹ✶thelese “*sister” ✧ Ety/THEL
    • ᴹ√THEL(ES) “sister” ✧ Ety/THEL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. thele > thêl[θele] > [θel] > [θēl]✧ Ety/THEL
Noldorin [Ety/THEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwathel

noun. sister, associate

Noldorin [Ety/392] Group: SINDICT. Published by