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!

Middle Primitive Elvish

phelek

root. (animal’s) horn; steep mountain peak

Derivatives

  • N. feleg “(animal’s) horn; steep mountain peak” ✧ EtyAC/PHELÉK

Variations

  • PHELÉK ✧ EtyAC/PHELÉK (PHELÉK)
Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/PHELÉK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gat(h)

root. *cave

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like N. gath “cavern” and N. gador “prison, dungeon” (GAT(H)), so probably meaning something like “✱cave”. Its most notable derivative was N. Doriath “Land of the Cave”. But later on in this same entry, Tolkien added Doriathrin words Dor. gad “fence” and Dor. argad “outside the fence”, indicating a conceptual shift in the meaning of this root. Indeed, in later versions of The Silmarillion, S. Doriath was translated “Land of the Fence” containing the element S. iath “fence” (WJ/370, 378), so most likely ᴹ√GAT(H) “✱cave” was abandoned.

Derivatives

  • Ilk. gad “fence” ✧ Ety/GAT(H)
  • ᴹ✶gattā “cavern” ✧ Ety/GAT(H)
    • N. gath “cavern” ✧ Ety/GAT(H)
  • N. gador “prison, dungeon” ✧ Ety/GAT(H)

Element in

  • N. Doriath “Land of the Cave” ✧ Ety/NDOR

Variations

  • GATH ✧ Ety/NDOR
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GAT(H); Ety/LED; Ety/NDOR] Group: Eldamo. Published by