Noldorin
nith
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
- On. nitse ✧ PE22/037
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. nitse > nĭth [nitse] > [niθθe] > [niθθ] > [niθ] ✧ PE22/037 Variations
- nĭth ✧ PE22/037
níth
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
- On. nikthe ✧ PE22/037
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. nikthe > níth [niktʰe] > [nixθe] > [nīθe] > [nīθ] ✧ PE22/037
nithrad
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
borth
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
- ᴹ√BOR(ON) “endure” ✧ Ety/BOR
Element in
- N. Borthandos “*Steadfast-intelligence” ✧ Ety/BOR
Variations
- Borth ✧ Ety/BOR
mauth
?. [unglossed]
porennin
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. annon porennin diragas·venwed ✧ RS/451
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
Variations
- porannin ✧ RS/451
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
bess
noun. wife
clei
?. [unglossed]
coen
?. [unglossed]
dî
noun. woman, lady
nemb
noun. nose
menwed
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. annon porennin diragas·venwed ✧ RS/451
telwen
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
diragas
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. annon porennin diragas·venwed ✧ RS/451
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
Variations
- diragath ✧ RS/451
dess
noun. young woman
bess
noun. (young) woman
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).