ress

noun. cousin (f.), relative

G. ress appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as a word for a female cousin or relative based on the early root ᴱ√redh- (GL/65). It had poetic equivalents G. redhwin and redhir, which also appeared in the more elaborate forms G. goredhwin or goredhnir (GL/41). Two more variants, G. hethres and G. gedres (with deleted variant {gedhris}), referred to first and second female cousins respectively, with the prefixes G. heth (for close relation) and G. ged (a more distant relation) respectively (GL/38; GL/48).

Neo-Sindarin: I would retain ᴺS. ress as a Neo-Sindarin word for “female cousin or relative” as a derivative of the Neo-Root ᴺ√RE(N)D, but would abandon all the more elaborate variants. This form cannot be a direct result of ancient ✱red+se, so I think the ss is the result of analogy from other feminine forms like S. bess “wife”.

Derivations

• ᴱ√REÐE “kinsman” ✧ GL/65

Element in

• G. bedhres “sister in law, *kinswoman by marriage” ✧ GL/22
• G. gadres “*sister in law, kinswoman by marriage” ✧ GL/36
• G. gedres “second cousin (f.)” ✧ GL/38
• G. hethres “first cousin (f.)” ✧ GL/48

Variations

• res ✧ GL/22 (res); GL/36 (res); GL/38 (res); GL/48 (res)

goredhnir

noun. cousin (f.)

goredhwin

noun. cousin (f.)

Variations

• goredhnir ✧ GL/41