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!

Early Quenya

ollo

noun. cliff, seaward precipice

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a cognate of G. ol “cliff, seaward precipice” and apparently of similar meaning (GL/62). It appeared as an element in the name ᴱQ. Eriollo “Ironcliffs” also appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/19; LT1A/Eriol), though in the tales themselves this name was {Erenol >>} ᴱQ. Evadrien “Coast of Iron” (LT2/313, 334). It might be related to the root ᴱ√OLO “tip” (QL/69).

Cognates

  • G. ol “cliff, seaward precipice” ✧ GL/62; LT1A/Eriol

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OLO “tip”

Element in

  • Eq. Eriollo “Ironcliffs” ✧ LT1A/Eriol

Variations

  • ollŏ ✧ GL/62
Early Quenya [GL/62; LT1A/Eriol] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aiko

noun. cliff

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. aiko (aiku-) “cliff” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, apparently a noun variant of ᴱQ. aiqa “steep” appearing nearby (QL/29). Since ᴹQ. aiqa “steep” continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writings (Ety/AYAK), perhaps this word can be salvaged for Neo-Quenya writing as ᴺQ. aico (aicu-).

Derivations

Element in

Early Quenya [QL/029] Group: Eldamo. Published by

au

preposition. away from

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AVA “go away, depart, leave” ✧ QL/033

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√AVA > au[aβ] > [au]✧ QL/033
Early Quenya [QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by