Sindarin 

thim

noun. milk (after separation)

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. THIM “skim”

Primitive elvish

thim

root. skim

A hypothetical Sindarin-only Neo-Root coined by Paul Strack in 2023 to justify the retention of the Gnomish would thim “milk” from the 1910s.

Derivatives

  • ᴺS. thim “milk (after separation)”
  • ᴺS. thiv- “to skim”
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Gnomish

thim

noun. milk (after separation)

A word appearing as G. thim “milk, after separation” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, clearly related to the verb G. thin- “skim” (GL/71-72).

Neo-Sindarin: Although there are no other related words in Tolkien’s later writings, there are also no other alternatives for “milk” in the Sindarin language branch, so I would retain ᴺS. thim “milk” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin. I would use it especially for milk separated from cream. It might be derived from an ancient form such as ✱thimbē from a Neo-Root ✱ᴺ√THIM.