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Gnomish

pibinaith(ros)

noun. hawthorn

A word for “hawthorn” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, apparently a combination of G. pibin “small berry, haw” and a variant of G. aithos “thorn bush” (GL/64). Another word of “hawthorn” in this document was G. tadhos (GL/68).

Elements

WordGloss
pibin“small berry, haw”
aithos“thorn bush”

Variations

  • pinaithros ✧ GL/64

pinaithros

noun. hawthorn

tadhos

noun. hawthorn

A noun appearing as G. tadhos “hawthorn” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of G. tath (tadh-) “hedge” based on the early root ᴱ√tadh- (GL/68).

Neo-Sindarin: I would retain ᴺS. tadhos “hawthorn” based on an updated Neo-Root ᴺ√TAD “enclosure”; see that entry for details.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TAÐA “*hedge, fence, enclosure” ✧ GL/68