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Gnomish

ol

noun. cliff, seaward precipice

A noun for “cliff, seaward precipice” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants ol and {ôl >>} ôla, derived from primitive ᴱ✶oldō (GL/62).

Changes

  • ôl² → ol “cliff” ✧ GL/62

Cognates

  • Eq. ollo “cliff, seaward precipice” ✧ GL/62; LT1A/Eriol

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶oldō “cliff, seaward precipice” ✧ GL/62
    • ᴱ√OLO “tip”

Element in

  • G. Angol “Ironcliffs” ✧ LT1A/Eriol

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶oldō > ôla[oldō] > [olda] > [olla] > [ōla]✧ GL/62

Variations

  • ôla ✧ GL/62
  • ôl² ✧ GL/62 (ôl²)
  • ôl ✧ LT1A/Eriol
  • óla ✧ LT1A/Eriol
Gnomish [GL/62; LT1A/Eriol] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ôla

noun. cliff, seaward precipice

gaid

adverb. more

gantha

adverb. more

Cognates

  • Eq. yanta- “to add to, enlarge, increase, augment” ✧ GL/37

Derivations

  • ᴱ√YṆTṆ “*(en)large, increase” ✧ GL/37

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√yṇt > gantha[jṇ̄tā] > [jantā] > [gantā] > [ganta] > [ganθa]✧ GL/37

usgwi

masculine name. Usgwi

Changes

  • Ol → Lûriel ✧ GL/18

Variations

  • Ol ✧ GL/18 (Ol)