sicil
dagger, knife
cirma
noun. knife
Derivations
- √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”
Element in
- Q. cirmacin “knife-edge” ✧ PE22/149
Variations
- kirma ✧ PE22/149 (kirma)
naica
dagger
naica (2) noun "dagger" (GL:37)
sigil
noun. necklace
A word for “necklace” in the name Sigil Elu-naeth “Necklace of the Woe of Thingol” in Silmarillion notes from the late 1950s (WJ/258).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. fring “carcanet, necklace” (GL/59), an element in the early name G. Nauglafring “Necklace of the Dwarves” (LT2/221). ᴱN. fring “necklace” reappeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/143), but in Silmarillion drafts of the 1930s the “Necklace of the Dwarves” was renamed to Nauglamír (SM/135), a name it retained thereafter (S/114). The element mîr in the later name means “jewel” (Ety/MIR; LotR/1115), and Tolkien coined a new word sigil for “necklace” in the 1950s, as noted above.
Element in
- S. Sigil Elu-naeth “Necklace of the Woe of Thingol” ✧ WJ/258
Variations
- Sigil ✧ WJ/258
sigil
necklace
sigil (i higil, o sigil), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. (WJ:258) Note: a homophone means ”knife, dagger”.
sigil
necklace
(i higil, o sigil), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. (WJ:258) Note: a homophone means ”knife, dagger”.
sigil
dagger
sigil (i higil, o sigil) (knife), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. Note: a homophone means ”necklace”.
sigil
dagger
(i higil, o sigil) (knife), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. Note: a homophone means ”necklace”.
sigil
knife
sigil (i higil, o sigil) (dagger), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. Note: a homophone means ”necklace”.
sigil
knife
(i higil, o sigil) (dagger), no distinct pl. form except with article (i sigil), coll. pl. sigiliath. Note: a homophone means ”necklace”.
firing
root. necklace
Derivatives
- ᴺQ. firinga “necklace, carcanet”
sigil
noun. necklace
sigil
noun. dagger, knife
sigil
noun. dagger, knife
Cognates
- ᴹQ. sikil “dagger, knife” ✧ Ety/SIK
Derivations
- ᴹ√SIK “*dagger, knife” ✧ Ety/SIK
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SIK > sigil [sikil] > [sigil] ✧ Ety/SIK
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!
sikil
noun. dagger, knife
Cognates
- N. sigil “dagger, knife” ✧ Ety/SIK
Derivations
- ᴹ√SIK “*dagger, knife” ✧ Ety/SIK
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SIK > sikil [sikil] ✧ Ety/SIK
crî
noun. knife
Derivations
- ᴱ√KIRISI “cut, split”
fring
noun. necklace, necklace, [G.] carcanet
Derivations
- ᴱ√FIRIŊI “necklace”
firiŋi Reconstructed
root. necklace
A hypothetical early root to explain words such as ᴱQ. firinga and G. fring “carcanet, necklace” (GL/36). The latter reappeared in Early Noldorin word lists from the 1920s as ᴱN. fring “necklace” (PE13/143), but in versions of the Silmarillion later in Tolkien’s life the Sindarin word for “necklace” was S. sigil (WJ/258). I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√FIRING to salvage some of these early words.
Derivatives
firin
noun. necklace
naika
noun. dagger
Cognates
- G. gaig “weapon, tool” ✧ GL/37
Derivations
- ᴱ√ŊAHYA “hurt, grieve”
Variations
- naika ✧ GL/37
sicil ("k")noun "dagger, knife" (SIK)