Quenya 

nos(së)

noun. kindred, family, kindred, family, [ᴹQ.] clan, ‘house’, [ᴱQ.] folk, kin, people

Changes

  • onos → nos ✧ PE17/111

Cognates

  • S. nos(s) “family, kindred, clan, house; race, tribe, people” ✧ PM/320
  • Wes. nas “people” ✧ PM/320

Derivations

  • ✶nōse “race, tribe, people”
    • √NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ PE17/169
  • √NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ PE17/111

Element in

  • ᴺQ. nossetur “patriarch, family head”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√ONO > nos[nos]✧ PE17/111

Variations

  • nos ✧ PE17/111
  • onos ✧ PE17/111 (onos)
  • nossë ✧ PM/320
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Sindarin 

noss

noun. kindred, family, clan

Sindarin [Ety/378, PM/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nost

noun. kindred, family, house

Sindarin [PM/360] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nos(s)

noun. family, kindred, clan, house; race, tribe, people

Cognates

  • Ed. nothlir “folk, family”
  • Q. nórë “land, country; †people, race, tribe, land, country, [ᴹQ.] region where certain people live, [ᴱQ.] nation; [Q.] †people, race, tribe, [ᴹQ.] folk, [ᴱQ.] family” ✧ PE17/169
  • Q. nos(së) “kindred, family, kindred, family, [ᴹQ.] clan, ‘house’, [ᴱQ.] folk, kin, people” ✧ PM/320

Derivations

  • √NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ PE17/169

Derivatives

  • Wes. nas “people” ✧ PM/320

Element in

  • S. Drúnos “a family of the Drû-folk”
  • ᴺS. gwanos “family, birth, heredity, *lineage”
  • S. Nost Finarfin “House of Finarfin” ✧ PM/360

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√(o)nō > nos(s)[nosse] > [noss]✧ PE17/169

Variations

  • nos ✧ PM/320
  • Nost ✧ PM/360
Sindarin [PE17/169; PM/320; PM/360] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nothrim

noun. kindred, family, house

The word was rejected in favor of nost , but it may be interpreted as a valid class plural "those of the house"

Sindarin [Nothrim [> Nost] Finarfin PM/360] noss/nost + rim. Group: SINDICT. Published by

noss

family

noss (construct nos, pl. nyss) (clan, house), also nost (pl. nyst) (house) (PM:360) or nothrim (house) with no distinct pl. form (PM:360). Also bâr (dwelling, house, home; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). The element appears in the forms -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.

noss

family

(construct nos, pl. nyss) (clan, house), also nost (pl. nyst) (house) (PM:360) or nothrim (house) with no distinct pl. form (PM:360). Also bâr (dwelling, house, home; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). The element appears in the forms -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.

nothlir

family line, family tree

(no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. nothliriath)

nothrim

noun. family

Elements

WordGloss
nothri“family, kinship”
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Noldorin 

nos

noun. kindred, family, clan

Noldorin [Ety/378, PM/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

noss

noun. kindred, family, clan

Noldorin [Ety/378, PM/320] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nothlir

noun. family line (esp. as family tree, genealogical tree)

Noldorin [WR/234, WR/237, WR/309] nost, *noth + lîr "family line". Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Gnomish

nos

noun. kin, people

Cognates

  • Eq. nosse “folk, kin, people” ✧ LT1A/Valinor

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NŌ “become, be born”

Element in

Gnomish [LT2A/Duilin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

eithlos

noun. family

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips of the 1910s glossed “family, etc.” of unclear derivation, though it may be related to G. eithog “ancestor, †father, sire” (PE13/113).

renni

noun. family

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a family”, derived from the early root ᴱ√redh- having to do with kin (GL/65).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√REÐE “kinsman” ✧ GL/65

gwaren

noun. family

gwarin(n)

noun. family

The word G. {gwaren >>} gwarin(n) “family” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋuarenđā (GL/44). It was a combination of G. gwa- “together” and G. renni “family” (GL/65), but it is not clear why the e became i in the compound.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would adapt this word as ᴺS. gwaren as a combination of later prefix gwa- “together” and the Neo-Root ᴺ√RE(N)D “kin”. Furthermore, I would use it specifically for a nuclear family (just the parents and children), as opposed to S. nos(s) which seems to refer to an extended family or clan.

Changes

  • gwaren → gwarin(n) ✧ GL/44

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ŋuarenđā > gwarin(n)[ŋʷarenðā] > [ŋgʷarenðā] > [gʷarenðā] > [gʷarenða] > [gʷarenda] > [gʷarenna] > [gʷaren] > [gʷarin]✧ GL/44

Variations

  • gwaren ✧ GL/44 (gwaren); GL/65
  • gwarin ✧ GL/65
Gnomish [GL/44; GL/65] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

ŋuarenđā

noun. family

Derivatives

Elements

WordGloss
ŋu̯a“together, in one”
REÐE“kinsman”
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/44] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

nos

noun. wetness, damp

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NOSO “*damp, wet” ✧ QL/067

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NOSO > nos[noss] > [nos]✧ QL/067
Early Quenya [QL/067] Group: Eldamo. Published by

soresta

noun. family

The word ᴱQ. soresta “family” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a combination of ᴱQ. so- “together” and ᴱQ. resta “kin” (QL/85).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. orendë as a combination of later prefix Q. o- “together” and ᴺQ. rendë “kin”. Furthermore, I would use it specifically for a nuclear family (just the parents and children), as opposed to Q. nossë which seems to refer to an extended family or clan.

Early Quenya [QL/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by