Quenya 

si

this

Derivations

  • SI “this, this, [ᴹ√] here, now”

Element in

Variations

  • si ✧ PE22/168

sina

this

sina demonstrative "this" (following its noun in our sole example: vanda sina "this oath"). (CO, VT49:18; in the latter source, sina _is called an adjective). _This word would, like Sindarin hen, be derived from primitive ¤sĭnā (VT49:34). Cf. sin #1.

sina

adjective. this

Derivations

  • sĭnā “this” ✧ VT49/18

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
sĭnā > sina[sinā] > [sina]✧ VT49/18
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náha

adjective. narrow, narrow, *thin

Derivations

  • NAKH “narrow, thin” ✧ PE17/166

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
NAKH > nāha[nākʰa] > [naxa] > [naha]✧ PE17/166

Variations

  • nāha ✧ PE17/166

fimbë

adjective. slender, slender, *thin

Cognates

  • S. fim “slender, slim” ✧ PE17/023

Derivations

  • PHIM “*slender, slim” ✧ PE17/023

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
PHIM > fimbi-[pʰimbi] > [pʰimbe] > [ɸimbe] > [fimbe]✧ PE17/023

hiswa

grey

hiswa (þ) adj. "grey" (KHIS/KHITH, Narqelion)

nindë

slender

nindë adj. "slender" (NIN-DI, pointing to a stem-form nindi-). Not to be confused with *nindë as the likely pa.t. of the verb nir-, q.v.

sinda

grey

sinda (þ) adj. "grey" (PE17:72); nominal pl. Sindar used = "Grey-elves", lit. *"Grey ones"; see WJ:375. Gen. pl. Sindaron in WJ:369. With general meaning "grey" also in Sindacollo > Singollo "Grey-cloak, Thingol" (SA:thin(d), PE17:72; see also sindë, Sindicollo);†sindanórië "grey land", ablative sindanóriello "from/out of a grey country" (Nam); the reference is to a "mythical region of shadows lying at outer feet of the Mountains of Valinor" (PE17:72). However, other sources give sindë (q.v.) as the Quenya word for "grey"; perhaps sinda came to mean primarily "Grey-elf" as a noun. Derived adjective Sindarin "Grey-elven", normally used as a noun to refer to the Grey-elven language. (Appendix F)

sinda

adjective. grey

The best known Quenya word for “grey” and an element in a number of names. It is also used as a noun Sinda “Grey Elf”. Tolkien sometimes used a variant form sindë for “grey” (WJ/384; PE17/141; Ety/THIN); see that entry for details.

Cognates

  • S. thind “grey, grey, [N.] pale” ✧ PE17/072; SA/thin(d)

Derivations

  • THIN “*grey” ✧ PE17/072
  • thindā “grey” ✧ PE17/072

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ΘIN > sinda[tʰinda] > [θinda] > [sinda]✧ PE17/072
þindā > sinda[tʰindā] > [θindā] > [θinda] > [sinda]✧ PE17/072

Variations

  • Sinda ✧ PE21/77
Quenya [PE17/072; PE17/117; PE21/77; SA/thin(d)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sindë

grey, pale or silvery grey

sindë (þ) adj. "grey, pale or silvery grey" (the Vanyarin dialect preserves the older form þindë) (WJ:384, THIN; in SA:thin(d) the form given is sinda, cf. also sindanóriello "from a grey country" in Namárië. Sindë and sinda_ are apparently variants of the same word.) _Stem sindi-, given the primitive form ¤thindi; cf. Sindicollo (q.v.)

sinyë

evening

sinyë (þ) noun "evening" (THIN)

teren

slender

teren, terenë adj. "slender" (TER/TERES)

vinyë

evening

[vinyë noun "evening" (VT46:21)]

sóra

long, trailing

sóra adj. "long, trailing" (LT2:344)

tereva

fine, acute

tereva adj. "fine, acute" (TER/TERES), "piercing"_ (LT1:255; though glossed "fine, acute" in the Etymologies, the stem _TER is defined as "pierce")

anda

long

anda adj. "long" (ÁNAD/ANDA), "far" (PE17:90).In Andafangar noun "Longbeards", one of the tribes of the Dwarves (= Khuzdul Sigin-tarâg and Sindarin Anfangrim) (PM:320). Compare Andafalassë, #andamacil, andamunda, andanéya, andatehta, Anduinë. Apparently derived from the adj. anda is andavë "long" as adverb ("at great length", PE17:102), suggesting that the ending - can be used to derive adverbs from adjectives (LotR3:VI ch. 4, translated in Letters:308)

ando

long

ando (2) adv. "long"; maybe replaced by andavë; see anda (VT14:5)

fimbë

slender

*fimbë (stem fimbi-) adj. "slender" (PE17:23)

mista

grey

mista adj. "grey"; see lassemista

mista

adjective. grey

Cognates

  • S. mith “grey, light grey, pale grey”

Derivations

Element in

mísë

grey

mísë (þ, cf. Sindarin mith-) adj. "grey" (used as noun of grey clothes in the phrase mi mísë of someone clad "in grey"). The underlying stem refers a paler or whiter "grey" than sinda, making mísë "a luminous grey" (PE17:71-72)

náha

narrow

náha adj. "narrow" (PE17:166)

andavë

long, at great length

andavë adv. "long, at great length" (PE17:102); see anda

arca

narrow

arca (1) adj. "narrow" (AK)

linya

adjective. lean, thin, meagre

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SLIN “*fine, delicate”
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Sindarin 

thin

adjective. grey

adj. grey. Q. sinda. >> thind, Thingol, thinn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:72:112] < _þindā_ grey. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

thind

adjective. grey, pale

Sindarin [Ety/392, S/438] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thind

adjective. grey

adj. grey. Q. sinda. >> thin, Thingol, thinn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:72:112:141] < _þindā_ grey. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

thind

adjective. grey

_ adj. _grey. Obsolete except in names as Thingol. >> hithren

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:140] < _þindĭ_-. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

thind

adjective. grey, grey, [N.] pale

if from þindā, why no a-affection? @@@

Cognates

  • Q. sinda “grey” ✧ PE17/072; SA/thin(d)
  • Q. sindë “grey, pale or silvery grey, grey, pale or silvery grey, [ᴹQ.] pale” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; PE17/141

Derivations

  • thindā “grey” ✧ PE17/072
  • thindi “grey” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/141; PE17/141
    • THIN “*grey” ✧ WJ/384

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
þindā > thin(n)[tʰindā] > [tʰinda] > [θinda] > [θind] > [θinn]✧ PE17/072
þindĭ- > thind[tʰindi] > [tʰinde] > [θinde] > [θind]✧ PE17/140
thĭndĭ > thind[tʰindi] > [θindi] > [θind] > [θinn]✧ PE17/141

Variations

  • thin(n) ✧ PE17/072; PE17/112
  • thinn ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
  • thin(d) ✧ SA/thin(d)
Sindarin [PE17/072; PE17/112; PE17/140; PE17/141; SA/thin(d)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thinn

adjective. grey

adj. grey. Q. sinda. >> thin, thind, Thingol

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:72:112:141] < _þindā_ grey. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

thinn

adjective. grey

_adj. _grey. Q. sinde.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:141] < _thindi-_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

thinn

adjective. grey

hen

pronoun. this

pl1. hin _ dem. pron. _this.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:44] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

sen

adjective. this

This demonstrative adjective is probably enclitic. We have suggested that this possibility could perhaps explain why the mutated form of tîw on the Doors of Durin is thiw instead of the expected thîw, see HL/69

Sindarin [i thiw hin LotR/II:IV] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sen

pronoun. this

pl1. sín {ī}_ dem. pron. _this.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:44] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

sen

pronoun. this

Changes

  • sĭnsen ✧ PE17/044
  • th[en]hen ✧ VT50/18

Derivations

  • sĭnā “this” ✧ PE17/044; VT49/34

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
sĭna > sen[sinā] > [sina] > [sena] > [sen]✧ PE17/044

Variations

  • sĭn ✧ PE17/044 (sĭn)
  • then ✧ VT50/14
  • th[en] ✧ VT50/18 (th[en])
Sindarin [LotR/0305; PE17/044; VT49/34; VT50/14; VT50/18] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhain

adjective. lean, thin, meagre

Sindarin [Ety/386, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhind

adjective. fine, slender

Sindarin [Ety/386, X/LH, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

hithren

adjective. grey

_ adj. _grey. >> thind

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:140] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

hithren

adjective. grey

Elements

WordGloss
hîth“mist”
Sindarin [PE17/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mithren

adjective. grey

Sindarin [UT/436] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mithren

adjective. grey

Changes

  • mithrenhithren ✧ PE17/140

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
mith“grey, light grey, pale grey”
-ren“adjective suffix”
Sindarin [LotR/1064; PE17/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mith

adjective. (pale) grey

Sindarin [Ety/373, S/434, TC/187] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mith

grey

adj. grey, light grey. >> Mithrandir, mithril

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:47:60:140] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

nind

adjective. slender

Sindarin [Ety/378, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

and

adjective. long

Sindarin [Ety/348, S/427, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

and

adjective. long

adj. long. i·arben na megil and 'The Knight of the Long Sword'. >> ann

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:12:121:147] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

and

adjective. long

Cognates

  • Q. anda “long, far” ✧ PE17/040; PE17/090

Derivations

  • ANAD “long; far” ✧ PE17/040
  • andā “long, far” ✧ PE17/090
    • ANAD “long; far” ✧ PE17/090

Element in

  • S. Anach “?Long Neck”
  • S. anann “(for) long”
  • S. andaith “long-mark”
  • S. Andram “Long Wall” ✧ SA/an(d)
  • S. Andras “Long Cape”
  • S. Andrast “Long Cape”
  • S. Angast “Long Cape” ✧ VT42/28
  • S. Andrath “Long Climb”
  • S. andreth “long-suffering, patience”
  • S. Androth “*Long Cave”
  • S. Anduin “Great River, (lit.) Long River” ✧ PE17/012; PE17/040; RC/765; SA/an(d)
  • S. Anfalas “Langstrand, (lit.) Long Beach” ✧ SA/an(d)
  • S. Anfang “Longbeard”
  • S. angerthas “runic alphabetic, (lit.) long rune-rows” ✧ SA/an(d)
  • ᴺS. annas “length”
  • S. Ann-thennath “*Long-shorts”
  • S. Cair Andros “Ship of Long Foam” ✧ SA/an(d)
  • S. i arben na megil and “Knight of the Long Sword” ✧ PE17/147

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
andā > ann-[andā] > [anda] > [and] > [ann]✧ PE17/090

Variations

  • ann ✧ PE17/012; PE17/040; PE17/121
  • ann- ✧ PE17/090
  • an(d) ✧ SA/an(d)
  • an(n)- ✧ VT42/28
Sindarin [PE17/012; PE17/040; PE17/090; PE17/121; PE17/147; RC/765; SA/an(d); VT42/28] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ann

adjective. long

adj. long. Rare except in old names (e.g. Anduin). >> and

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:12:40:121] < ANAD long. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ann

adjective. long

anann

adverb. long

adv. long. Cuio i Pheriain anann 'May the Halflings live long'.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:102] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

anann

adverb. long, for a long time

Sindarin [LotR/VI:IV, Letters/308] an+and, OS *ananda. Group: SINDICT. Published by

aduial

noun. the evening, time of star-opening, "evendim"

Sindarin [LotR/D] ad + uial "second twilight". Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhain

thin

(lean, meager), lenited ?thlain or ?lain (the lenition product of lh is uncertain), pl. lîn. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlein, corresponding to archaic Sindarin ✱lhein, later ✱lhain.

nind

thin

1) nind (slender, fragile); no distinct pl. form. 2) *lhain (lean, meager), lenited ?thlain or ?lain (the lenition product of lh is uncertain), pl. lîn. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlein*, corresponding to archaic Sindarin lhein**, later *lhain.

nind

thin

(slender, fragile); no distinct pl. form.

taen

thin

(lenited daen, no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”height, summit of high mountain”.

thind

grey

(pale); no distinct pl. form.

thinna

grow toward evening

(fade).

thîn

evening

†*thîn (no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. thíniath). The form cited in LR:392 s.v. __ is not marked as containing a long vowel (“thin”).

thîn

evening

(no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. thíniath). The form cited in LR:392 s.v. THIN is not marked as containing a long vowel (“thin”).

se

pronoun. this

Derivations

  • SI “this, this, [ᴹ√] here, now”
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sen

this

*sen, lenited hen. Only attested in lenited pl. form hin* (unlenited sin) ”these” in the Moria Gate inscription (i thiw hin**, ”these letters”).

sen

this

lenited hen. Only attested in lenited pl. form hin (unlenited ✱sin) ”these” in the Moria Gate inscription (i thiw hin, ”these letters”).

thriben

adjective. lean

Derivations

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lhain

lean

(adjective) *lhain (thin, meager), lenited ?thlain or ?lain (the lenition product of lh is uncertain), pl. lîn. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlein*, corresponding to archaic Sindarin lhein**, classical *lhain.

lhain

lean

(thin, meager), lenited ?thlain or ?lain (the lenition product of lh is uncertain), pl. lîn. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlein, corresponding to archaic Sindarin ✱lhein, classical ✱lhain.

lhain

adjective. lean, thin, meagre

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lhind

slender

1) *lhind (fine), lenited ?thlind or ?lind (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlind. 2)

lhind

slender

(fine), lenited ?thlind or ?lind (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlind.

lhind

fine

(slender), lenited ?thlind or ?lind (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Sugggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlind.

lhind

adjective. fine, slender

Element in

  • ᴺS. lhinnas “slenderness, thinness”
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tinnu

starlit evening

(i** dinnu, o thinnu) (dusk, twilight, early night without a moon), pl. tinny (i** thynny) if there is a pl. Verb

mithren

grey

1) *mithren (lenited vithren, pl. mithrin). 2) thind (pale); no distinct pl. form. 3) (pale grey) mith (lenited vith; no distinct pl. form). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone means ”white fog, wet mist”.

mithren

grey

(lenited vithren, pl. mithrin).

brand

fine

1) brand (high, lofty, noble), lenited vrand, pl. braind, 2) trîw (lenited drîw; no distinct pl. form) (slender) , 3) *lhind (slender), lenited ?thlind or ?lind (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Sugggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlind.

brand

fine

(high, lofty, noble), lenited vrand, pl. braind

mith

grey

(lenited vith; no distinct pl. form). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone means ”white fog, wet mist”.

nind

adjective. slender

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nind

fragile

nind (thin, slender); no distinct pl. form

nind

fragile

(thin, slender); no distinct pl. form

trîw

fine

(lenited drîw; no distinct pl. form) (slender)

ennin

long year

. No distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. enniniath.

imrath

narrow valley

(pl. imraith)

trîw

slender

trîw (lenited drîw; no distinct pl. form) (fine).

trîw

slender

(lenited drîw; no distinct pl. form) (fine).

andaith

long mark

(no distinct pl. form). The word refers to an accent-like mark used to indicate long vowels in Tengwar modes that employ separate vowel letters, like the Mode of Beleriand.

late evening

(i dhû) (night, nightfall, darkness), pl. dui (i nui) (SD:302).

angerthas

long rune-row

(and + certhas).

and

long

(adjective) and (pl. aind),

and

long

(pl. aind)

fim

slender

fim (slim). No distinct pl. form. (LotR Appendix F). 3) nind (thin, fragile); no distinct pl. form. 4)

fim

slender

(slim). No distinct pl. form. (LotR Appendix F). 3) nind (thin, fragile); no distinct pl. form. 4)

lhê

fine thread

(?i thlê or ?i lêthe lenition product of lh is uncertain) (spider filament), pl. lhî (?i lî). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlê.

lond

narrow path

(harbour, haven, pass, strait), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294).

anann

long

(adverb, = "for a long time") anann

anann

long

tess

fine pierced hole

(i dess, construct tes), pl. tiss (i thiss). Older ters (VT46:18).

imlad

narrow valley with steep sides

(glen, deep valley), pl. imlaid.

agor

narrow

agor (analogical pl. egyr). In archaic S agr.

agor

narrow

(analogical pl. egyr). In archaic S agr.

anfang

longbeard

pl. Enfeng, coll. pl. Anfangrim (WJ:10, 108, 205)

brûn

long endured/established/in use

(old), lenited vrûn, pl. bruin;

annabon

long-snouted one

pl. ennebyn, coll. pl. annabonnath. (Archaic form andabon.)

Telerin 

anda

adjective. long

Element in

  • T. andané “long ago, once upon a time” ✧ VT49/31

Khuzdûl

sigin Reconstructed

adjective. long

Element in

Primitive elvish

thin

root. *grey

Tolkien introduced the (unglossed) root ᴹ√THIN in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. sinde/N. thinn “grey, pale” and ᴹQ. sinta-/N. †thinna- “fade” (Ety/THIN). In this document it was the basis for the name Ilk. Thingol; in earlier writings from the 1920s the name ᴱN. Thingol was based on the word ᴱN. thing “prince” (PE13/154). The root √THIN or √ΘIN was mentioned a couple times in Tolkien’s later writings as the basis for “grey” words (PE17/72; WJ/384). In a note from the mid-1960s Tolkien considered making the root √STIN the basis for “grey”, as a privative formation = √S-TIN = “without sparkling” (PE17/184), but I think this was a transient idea.

Derivatives

  • thindā “grey”
    • Q. Sinda “Grey-elf” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
    • Q. sinda “grey” ✧ PE17/072
    • S. Thend “*Sinda, Grey-Elf” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
    • S. thind “grey, grey, [N.] pale” ✧ PE17/072
  • thindi “grey” ✧ WJ/384
    • Q. sindë “grey, pale or silvery grey, grey, pale or silvery grey, [ᴹQ.] pale” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; PE17/141; WJ/384
    • S. thind “grey, grey, [N.] pale” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/141; PE17/141
    • Van. thindë “grey, pale or silvery grey” ✧ WJ/384
  • ᴺQ. sin “tin (metal)”
  • Q. Sinda “Grey-elf” ✧ WJ/384
  • Q. sinda “grey” ✧ PE17/072
  • ᴺS. thint “tin (metal)”

Element in

  • Q. Sindel “Grey-elf” ✧ WJ/384

Variations

  • ΘIN ✧ PE17/072; PE17/188
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thini

adjective. grey

thindi

adjective. grey

Changes

  • thinidethinida ✧ PE17/141
  • thinidithĭndĭ ✧ PE17/141

Derivations

  • THIN “*grey” ✧ WJ/384

Derivatives

  • Q. sindë “grey, pale or silvery grey, grey, pale or silvery grey, [ᴹQ.] pale” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; PE17/141; WJ/384
  • S. thind “grey, grey, [N.] pale” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/141; PE17/141
  • Van. thindë “grey, pale or silvery grey” ✧ WJ/384

Variations

  • þindĭ- ✧ PE17/140
  • thindi- ✧ PE17/141
  • thĭndĭ ✧ PE17/141
  • thinide ✧ PE17/141 (thinide)
  • thinidi ✧ PE17/141 (thinidi)
  • thini ✧ PE21/81
Primitive elvish [PE17/140; PE17/141; PE21/81; WJ/384] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thindā

adjective. grey

Derivations

Derivatives

  • Q. Sinda “Grey-elf” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
  • Q. sinda “grey” ✧ PE17/072
  • S. Thend “*Sinda, Grey-Elf” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
  • S. thind “grey, grey, [N.] pale” ✧ PE17/072

Variations

  • þindā ✧ PE17/072
  • thinida ✧ PE17/141
Primitive elvish [PE17/072; PE17/141; PE21/81] Group: Eldamo. Published by

si

root. this, this, [ᴹ√] here, now

Tolkien used √SI as the basis for “near demonstratives” like “here” and “now” from very early in his writings on Elvish. The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had two competing roots ᴱ√HYA “this by us” with derivatives like ᴱQ. hyá “here by us” (QL/41) and ᴱ√KI “this by me” with derivative ᴱQ. tyá (< ᴱ✶kı̯-ā) “now” (QL/41, 49). Indications of the latter can be seen words in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. {“now” >>} “here” and G. cîrin “present (place or time), modern” [gloss deleted] (GL/26). However, Tolkien also introduced a new root ᴱ√si(n) “this here by me” with derivatives like G. “here” and G. sith “hither” (GL/68). Revisions of Gnomish ci- word glosses indicate Tolkien was vacillating on which forms were temporal and which were spatial.

In The Etymologies Tolkien gave the root ᴹ√SI “this, here, now” with derivatives like ᴹQ. or sin “now” and ᴹQ. sinya/N. sein “new” (Ety/SI). The root √SI was mentioned a couple times in Tolkien’s later writings, usually glossed “this” (PE17/67; VT48/25; VT49/18) and in one place with the variant √SIN (PE17/67). This root was not entirely without competition in Tolkien’s later notes, however: in one place he gave primitive ✶khĭn- as the possible basis for Q. “here” and S. “now” in 1968 notes on demonstratives, though it appeared beside primitive ✶si- forms (VT49/34 note #21).

Derivatives

  • “this (by me), now or here” ✧ PE17/067
    • Q. “now” ✧ PE17/067; VT49/18
    • S. “here, in this place (of speaker)” ✧ PE17/067
  • Q. si “this”
  • Q. sië “thus”
  • Q. sin “*thus”
  • ᴺS. se “this”
  • ᴺS. sin “these”

Element in

  • kenásĭta “if it be so, may be, perhaps”
  • Q. sinomë “here, (lit.) in this place” ✧ PE17/067
  • ᴺS. “yet, hither(to), hereto”
  • S. sír “*today, this day”

Variations

  • SĬ/SĬN ✧ PE17/067; PE17/184
  • SI ✧ VT48/25
Primitive elvish [PE17/067; PE17/184; VT48/25] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sin

root. this

stin

root. grey

Primitive elvish [PE17/184; PE17/186] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sĭnā

adjective. this

Derivatives

  • Q. sina “this” ✧ VT49/18
  • S. sen “this” ✧ PE17/044; VT49/34

Variations

  • sĭna ✧ PE17/044
Primitive elvish [PE17/044; VT49/18; VT49/34] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mith

root. grey

Tolkien introduced the root ᴹ√MITH in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a blending of ᴹ√MIS “✱wet” and ᴹ√KHITH “mist, fog”, with the derivative N. mith “white fog, wet mist” as in N. Mithrim “✱Mist Lake” (Ety/MITH, RINGI; EtyAC/MITH). As a later addition to this entry Tolkien wrote the adjective N. mith “grey”, and that was the more common use of this word in Tolkien’s later writings. In a 1955 letter to David Masson Tolkien specified that “usage suggests that MIÞ- is paler and whiter, a luminous grey” (PE17/72).

Derivatives

  • mītha “*grey”
    • S. Mîth “*Sinda, Grey-Elf” ✧ PE17/140
  • Q. mísë “(light) grey”
  • Q. mista “grey”
  • S. mith “grey, light grey, pale grey”

Variations

  • MIÞ ✧ PE17/072
Primitive elvish [PE17/072] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nakh

root. narrow, thin

A root appearing in etymological notes from around 1964 (DD) glossed “narrow, thin” along with a set of Quenya derivatives of similar meaning (PE17/166).

Derivatives

  • Q. (a)nacca “narrows, defile, pass, cut” ✧ PE17/166
  • Q. náha “narrow, narrow, *thin” ✧ PE17/166
  • Q. nahta- “to confine, oppress” ✧ PE17/166
Primitive elvish [PE17/166] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mītha

adjective. *grey

Derivations

Derivatives

  • S. Mîth “*Sinda, Grey-Elf” ✧ PE17/140
Primitive elvish [PE17/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ʒandā

adjective. long

Derivations

  • ƷAN “adorn; extend; long” ✧ PE17/155; VT47/27
Primitive elvish [PE17/155; VT47/27] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nek

root. narrow, narrow; *angular, sharp

A root appearing in notes on words and phrases from The Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, serving mainly as the basis for S. naith “angle” (PE17/55). It was also mentioned in a discussion of the death of Isildur at the Gladden Fields, again as the basis for S. naith among other words, where the root √NEK was glossed “narrow” (UT/281-2, note #16). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. naith was derived from ᴹ√SNAS or ᴹ√SNAT, but the precise derivation was unclear, and in any cases seems to have been replaced by Tolkien with a more straightforward derivation from √NEK.

The root √NEK also appeared in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 with the gloss “deprive”, serving among other things as the basis for S. neithan “one deprived” (PE17/167), which was the name adopted by Túrin after he became an outlaw (S/200). The root appeared again in notes on Elvish numbers from the late 1960s glossed as either “divide, part, separate” (VT47/16) or “divide, separate” (VT48/9), where it served as the basis for √ENEK “six” as the dividing point between the lower and upper set of numbers in the Elvish duodecimal system.

It is not clear whether Tolkien intended all these various meanings for the root √NEK to be connected. For purposes of analysis, I’ve split √NEK “narrow” from √NEK “separate; deprive”, but conceivably the sense “narrow” could be a semantic extension of “separate” or vice-versa.

Derivatives

  • nektē “angle” ✧ PE17/055
    • Q. nehtë “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow prominitory; angle” ✧ PE17/055; PE17/055
    • S. naith “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow prominitory; angle” ✧ PE17/055; PE17/055
  • Q. necel “thorn” ✧ PE17/055
  • Q. nehtë “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow prominitory; angle” ✧ UT/282
  • Q. nexa “sharp, angular” ✧ PE17/055
  • S. naith “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow prominitory; angle” ✧ UT/282
  • S. negen “sharp, angular” ✧ PE17/055

Variations

  • NEK ✧ PE17/055; PE17/167
  • nek ✧ UT/282
Primitive elvish [PE17/055; PE17/167; UT/282] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

thind

adjective. grey, pale

Noldorin [Ety/392, S/438] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thinn

adjective. grey, pale

Noldorin [Ety/392, S/438] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thlein

adjective. lean, thin, meagre

Noldorin [Ety/386, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thlein

adjective. lean, thin, meagre

Changes

  • thlînthlein ✧ Ety/SLIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶slinyā “lean, thin, meagre” ✧ Ety/SLIN
    • ᴹ√SLIN “*fine, delicate” ✧ Ety/SLIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶slinyā > thlein[slinjā] > [slinja] > [θlinja] > [θlenja] > [θlenia] > [θleni] > [θlein]✧ Ety/SLIN
ᴹ✶slinyā > thlîn[slinjī] > [slinji] > [θlinji] > [θlini] > [θlin] > [θlīn]✧ Ety/SLIN

Variations

  • thlîn ✧ EtyAC/SLIN (thlîn)
Noldorin [Ety/SLIN; EtyAC/SLIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thlind

adjective. fine, slender

Noldorin [Ety/386, X/LH, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thlinn

adjective. fine, slender

Noldorin [Ety/386, X/LH, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thlinn

adjective. fine, slender

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶slindi “fine, delicate” ✧ Ety/SLIN
    • ᴹ√SLIN “*fine, delicate” ✧ Ety/SLIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶slindi > thlind > thlinn[slindi] > [slinde] > [θlinde] > [θlind] > [θlinn]✧ Ety/SLIN
Noldorin [Ety/SLIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thîn

noun. evening

Noldorin [Ety/392, VT/46:18] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thîn

noun. evening

Changes

  • sînthîn ✧ Ety/THIN

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. sinye “evening” ✧ Ety/THIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√THIN “*grey” ✧ Ety/THIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√THIN > thîn[tʰinje] > [θinje] > [θinie] > [θini] > [θin] > [θīn]✧ Ety/THIN

Variations

  • thin ✧ EtyAC/THIN (thin)
  • sîn ✧ EtyAC/THIN (sîn)
Noldorin [Ety/THIN; EtyAC/THIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

then

pronoun. this

Element in

mith

adjective. (pale) grey

Noldorin [Ety/373, S/434, TC/187] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mith

adjective. grey

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MITH “*mist, grey” ✧ Ety/MITH

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MITH > mith[mitʰe] > [miθe] > [miθ]✧ Ety/MITH

Variations

  • mith ✧ Ety/MITH
Noldorin [Ety/MITH] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ninn

adjective. slender

Noldorin [Ety/378, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ninn

adjective. slender

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. ninde “slender” ✧ Ety/NIN-DI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NINDI “fragile, thin” ✧ Ety/NIN-DI

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NIN-DI > ninn[nindi] > [ninde] > [nind] > [ninn]✧ Ety/NIN-DI
Noldorin [Ety/NIN-DI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taen

adjective. long (and thin)

Noldorin [Ety/391] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwîn

noun. evening

Changes

  • gweingwîn “evening” ✧ EtyAC/WIN

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. vinye “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶winyē “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
    • ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶winyā > gwein[winjā] > [winja] > [gwinja] > [gwenja] > [gwenia] > [gweni] > [gwein]✧ Ety/WIN
ᴹ✶winyā > gwîn[winji] > [winji] > [gwinji] > [gwenī] > [gwini] > [gwin] > [gwīn]✧ Ety/WIN
ᴹ✶winyē > gwîn[winjē] > [winje] > [gwinje] > [gwinie] > [gwini] > [gwin] > [gwīn]✧ EtyAC/WIN

Variations

  • gwein ✧ Ety/WIN (gwein)
  • gwîn ✧ EtyAC/WIN (gwîn)
Noldorin [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

trîw

adjective. fine, slender

Noldorin [Ety/392] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ann

adjective. long

Noldorin [Ety/348, S/427, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ann

adjective. long

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. anda “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD

Derivations

  • On. anda “long”
  • ᴹ✶andā “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD
    • ᴹ√ANAD “*long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶andā > and > ann[andā] > [anda] > [and] > [ann]✧ Ety/ÁNAD
ᴹ✶anda > anna-[anda-] > [anna-]✧ Ety/MBUD
Noldorin [Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD; Ety/RAD; Ety/TEK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mid

adjective. grey

Element in

Noldorin [AotH/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anann

adverb. long

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
an“of”
ann“long”

agor

adjective. narrow

Noldorin [Ety/348] Group: SINDICT. Published by

agor

adjective. narrow

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. arka “narrow” ✧ Ety/AK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶akrā “narrow” ✧ Ety/AK
    • ᴹ√AK “narrow, confined” ✧ Ety/AK

Element in

  • S. Aglon “Narrow Pass”
  • N. Aglon “defile, pass between high walls” ✧ Ety/AK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶akrā > agr > agor[akrā] > [akra] > [akr] > [agr] > [agor]✧ Ety/AK

agr

adjective. narrow

Noldorin [Ety/348] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

hiswa

adjective. grey, grey [of weather], *foggy, overcast; [ᴱQ.] dim, fading

This word is glossed “grey” in The Etymologies, but perhaps means “✱foggy, overcast”, since Sindarin cognate hethw means “foggy, obscure, vague” and related noun hiswë means “fog”. @@@

Cognates

  • N. hethw “foggy, obscure, vague” ✧ Ety/KHIS
  • Ilk. hedhu “grey” ✧ Ety/KHIS

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶khithwa ✧ Ety/KHIS
    • ᴹ√KHITH “mist, fog” ✧ Ety/KHIS

Elements

WordGloss
hiswe“fog”
-a“adjectival suffix”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶khithwa > hiswa[kʰitʰwa] > [kʰiθwa] > [xiθwa] > [hiθwa] > [hiswa]✧ Ety/KHIS

ninde

adjective. slender

Cognates

  • N. ninn “slender” ✧ Ety/NIN-DI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NINDI “fragile, thin” ✧ Ety/NIN-DI

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NIN-DI > ninde[nindi] > [ninde]✧ Ety/NIN-DI

sinye

noun. evening

Cognates

  • N. thîn “evening” ✧ Ety/THIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√THIN “*grey” ✧ Ety/THIN

Element in

  • ᴺQ. sinyemat “dinner, evening meal”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√THIN > sinye[tʰinje] > [θinje] > [sinje]✧ Ety/THIN

teren

adjective. slender, slender; [ᴱQ.] lissom, lithe

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶terēn(ē) “slender” ✧ Ety/TER
    • ᴹ√TER “pierce” ✧ Ety/TER

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Terendul “Slender and Dark” ✧ Ety/TER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶terēn(ē) > teren[terēn] > [teren]✧ Ety/TER
ᴹ✶terēn(ē) > terene[terēnē] > [terenē] > [terene]✧ Ety/TER

Variations

  • terene ✧ Ety/TER

vinye

noun. evening

Changes

  • vinyavinye “evening” ✧ EtyAC/WIN

Cognates

  • N. gwîn “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
  • Ilk. gwine “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶winyē “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
    • ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶winyā > winya > vinya[winjā] > [winja] > [vinja]✧ Ety/WIN
ᴹ✶winyē > vinye[winjē] > [winje] > [vinje]✧ EtyAC/WIN

Variations

  • vinya ✧ Ety/WIN (vinya)
Qenya [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

terene

adjective. slender

anda

adjective. long

Cognates

  • N. ann “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶andā “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD
    • ᴹ√ANAD “*long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶andā > anda[andā] > [anda]✧ Ety/ÁNAD
Qenya [Ety/ÁNAD; PE18/032; PE22/011; PE22/020; PE22/021; PE22/096; PE22/125] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ando

adverb. long

Element in

Variations

  • ando ✧ VT27/07

arka

adjective. narrow

Cognates

  • N. agor “narrow” ✧ Ety/AK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶akrā “narrow” ✧ Ety/AK
    • ᴹ√AK “narrow, confined” ✧ Ety/AK

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶akrā > arka[akrā] > [arkā] > [arkā]✧ Ety/AK

Doriathrin

thind

adjective. grey

An adjective for “grey” derived from primitive ᴹ✶thindi (Ety/THIN) because primitive final vowels vanished in Ilkorin.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. sinde “grey, pale” ✧ Ety/THIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶thindi “pallid, grey, wan” ✧ Ety/THIN
    • ᴹ√THIN “*grey” ✧ Ety/THIN

Element in

  • Ilk. Thind ✧ Ety/THIN
  • Ilk. Thingol “*Grey-wise” ✧ Ety/THIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶thindi > thind[tʰindi] > [tʰinde] > [θinde] > [θind]✧ Ety/THIN
Doriathrin [Ety/THIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwine

noun. evening

A noun for “evening” derived from primitive ᴹ✶winyā [winjā], but it was rejected along with its root ᴹ√WIN (Ety/WIN). It is the clearest example of the Ilkorin phonetic development whereby [[ilk|final [j] became [i]]] and then became [e], since Tolkien indicated the intermediate forms before rejecting the word.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. vinye “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶winyē “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN
    • ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶winyā > gwini > gwine[winjā] > [winja] > [gwinja] > [gwinj] > [gwini] > [gwine]✧ Ety/WIN
Doriathrin [Ety/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

trêw

adjective. fine, slender

An adjective meaning “fine, slender” derived from primitive ᴹ✶terēwā (Ety/TER), where the unstressed vowel in the first syllable vanished to produce the favored combination [tr] as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/trêw).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tereva “fine, acute, fine, acute, *keen; [ᴱQ.] sharp, piercing, shrill [of sound]; acute (pain)” ✧ Ety/TER

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶terēwā “piercing, keen” ✧ Ety/TER
    • ᴹ√TER “pierce” ✧ Ety/TER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶terḗwā > trēw[terḗwā] > [terḗwa] > [trḗwa] > [trḗw]✧ Ety/TER

Variations

  • trēw ✧ Ety/TER
Doriathrin [Ety/TER; EtyAC/TER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hedhu

adjective. grey

A Doriathrin adjective for “grey” written heðu in The Etymologies, and derived from the primitive form ᴹ✶khithwa [kʰitʰwa] (Ety/KHIS). This word illustrates several interesting phonetic changes in Ilkorin.

  • The [[ilk|[i] became [e] before the final [a]]].

  • Both the aspirates became voiceless spirants: [kʰ-] > [x-] and [-tʰ-] > [-θ-].

  • Later the [[ilk|initial [x-] became [h-]]].

  • Meanwhile the [[ilk|medial [-θ-] voiced to [-ð-]]] (“dh”).

  • The [[ilk|primitive final [a] was lost]].

  • Afterwards, the resulting [[ilk|final [w] became [u]]].

In most other Doriathrin words, a [[ilk|final [u] from [w] further developed into [o]]]; it is unclear why this change did not occur here.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. hiswa “grey, grey [of weather], *foggy, overcast; [ᴱQ.] dim, fading” ✧ Ety/KHIS

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶khithwa ✧ Ety/KHIS
    • ᴹ√KHITH “mist, fog” ✧ Ety/KHIS

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶khithwa > heðu[kʰitʰwa] > [kʰetʰwa] > [xetʰwa] > [xeθwa] > [xeθw] > [xeðw] > [heðw] > [heðu]✧ Ety/KHIS

Variations

  • heðu ✧ Ety/KHIS (Dor. heðu); EtyAC/KHIS (Dor. heðu)
Doriathrin [Ety/KHIS; EtyAC/KHIS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

anda

noun. long

Derivatives

  • N. ann “long”

Element in

Old Noldorin [Ety/TEK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

thin

root. *grey

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶thindi “pallid, grey, wan” ✧ Ety/THIN
    • Ilk. thind “grey” ✧ Ety/THIN
    • ᴹQ. sinde “grey, pale” ✧ Ety/THIN
    • N. thinn “grey, pale” ✧ Ety/THIN
  • ᴹQ. sinta- “to fade, *(lit.) become grey” ✧ Ety/THIN
  • ᴹQ. sinye “evening” ✧ Ety/THIN
  • N. thîn “evening” ✧ Ety/THIN
  • On. thintha- “to fade” ✧ Ety/THIN
    • N. thinna- “to fade, *(lit.) become grey” ✧ Ety/THIN
  • ᴹT. Findo ✧ Ety/THIN
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/THIN; Ety/TIN; Ety/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tainā

adjective. long

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TAY “extend, make long(er), stretch” ✧ PE18/057

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. taina “lengthened, extended, prolonged”

Variations

  • taı̯nā ✧ PE18/057
Middle Primitive Elvish [PE18/057] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nindi

root. fragile, thin

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “fragile, thin” with derivatives like ᴹQ. ninde/N. ninn “slender” (Ety/NIN-DI), replacing deleted ᴹ√NIN-DA “blue” (EtyAC/NIN-DI) which was probably a later manifestation of ᴱ√NINI “✱blue” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/66). ᴱ√NINI had derivatives in both Qenya and Gnomish in the 1910s, but there are no signs of nin- as “blue” in Tolkien’s later writing.

Changes

  • NIN-DANIN-DI “blue” ✧ Ety/NIN-DI

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. ninde “slender” ✧ Ety/NIN-DI
  • N. ninn “slender” ✧ Ety/NIN-DI

Variations

  • NIN-DI ✧ Ety/NIN-DI
  • NIN-DA ✧ EtyAC/NIN-DI (NIN-DA)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NIN-DI; EtyAC/NIN-DI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

winyē

noun. evening

Changes

  • winyāwinyē “evening” ✧ EtyAC/WIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN

Derivatives

  • Ilk. gwine “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN
  • ᴹQ. vinye “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
  • N. gwîn “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN

Variations

  • winyā ✧ Ety/WIN (winyā)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

slinyā

adjective. lean, thin, meagre

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SLIN “*fine, delicate” ✧ Ety/SLIN

Derivatives

  • N. thlein “lean, thin, meagre” ✧ Ety/SLIN
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SLIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

terēn(ē)

adjective. slender

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TER “pierce” ✧ Ety/TER

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. teren “slender, slender; [ᴱQ.] lissom, lithe” ✧ Ety/TER
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/TER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

andā

adjective. long

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ANAD “*long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. anda “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD
  • N. ann “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD

Element in

Variations

  • anda ✧ Ety/MBUD (anda)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

akrā

adjective. narrow

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AK “narrow, confined” ✧ Ety/AK

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. arka “narrow” ✧ Ety/AK
  • N. agor “narrow” ✧ Ety/AK
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

thlind

adjective. fine, slender

Cognates

Derivations

sitha

adjective. this

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SI(N) “this here by me” ✧ GL/68

thribin

adjective. lean

Derivations

Gnomish [GL/68; GL/73] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mathwen

noun. evening

Gnomish [GL/56; LT2A/Mathusdor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fing

adjective. narrow

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FIŊI “*narrow”

Element in

  • G. fingli “narrow place, straits, sound, pass in mountains” ✧ GL/35

gledhrin

adjective. slender

glen(n)

adjective. thin, fine, slender

Changes

  • glenglenn ✧ GL/39

Cognates

  • Eq. -léni “long” ✧ GL/39

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LENE “long” ✧ LT2A/Glend

Element in

Variations

  • glen ✧ GG/11; GL/39 (glen)
  • glenn ✧ GL/39; LT2A/Glend
Gnomish [GG/11; GL/39; LT2A/Glend] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glen(d)rin

adjective. slender

Element in

Variations

  • gledhrin ✧ GL/39
  • glendrin ✧ LT2A/Glend
Gnomish [GL/39; LT2A/Glend] Group: Eldamo. Published by

musc

adjective. grey

Early Noldorin

tlui

adjective. slender

Cognates

  • Eq. toloise “rounded, cylindrical” ✧ PE13/154

Derivations

Early Noldorin [PE13/154] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minedh

adjective. fine, slender, thin, small

Cognates

  • Eq. minya “fine, slender” ✧ PE13/150; PE13/164

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶miniyā “fine, slender” ✧ PE13/150; PE13/164
    • ᴱ√MINI “*small, less”
Early Noldorin [PE13/150; PE13/164] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

fili

root. fine, thin

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “fine, thin” and having derivatives like ᴱQ. filwa “fine, thin” and ᴱQ. filqe “fern” (QL/38), the latter with a Gnomish counterpart G. fileg “fern” (GL/35). A probable “last gasp” for this root is the word ᴹQ. filet (filek-) “cobweb” from the early 1930s with a deleted gloss “fern” (PE21/33), but there are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s writing after that point.

Derivatives

  • Eq. filqe “fern” ✧ QL/038
  • Eq. filwa “fine, thin” ✧ QL/038
  • Eq. filma “fine hair, line” ✧ QL/038
  • G. fileg “fern”
  • Et. felpa “seaweed” ✧ QL/038
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/038] Group: Eldamo. Published by

miniyā

adjective. fine, slender

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MINI “*small, less”

Derivatives

  • Eq. minya “fine, slender” ✧ PE13/150; PE13/164
  • En. minedh “fine, slender, thin, small” ✧ PE13/150; PE13/164

Variations

  • miníya ✧ PE13/150
  • miníı̯ā ✧ PE13/164
Early Primitive Elvish [PE13/150; PE13/164] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lene

root. long

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱ√LENE “long”, with the added explanation that it “developed in opp. directions of slow, tedious, trailing, etc. and — stretch, thin, etc.”. Tolkien originally put the word ᴱQ. lenka “slow, left” under this root, but seems to have transfered this word to ᴱ√LEKE, perhaps at the same time he elaborated on the meaning of ᴱ√LENE “long”. Its remaining derivatives include ᴱQ. lenwa “long and thin, straight, narrow” and ᴱQ. lenu- “stretch”.

There are a number of words in the Gnomish Lexicon that seem to be derived from this root, including G. len “wherewith, far, long, away” and G. lenwi “length, distance”, but these were rejected, and Tolkien replaced them with G. lenc “far, distant” derived from ᴱ√leŋe (which was followed by other similar Gnomish derivatives), possibly representing a conceptual shift in this root (GL/53). In any case, there are no clear signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, unless perhaps it remanifested as ᴹ√LEN “way, (?road)” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (EtyAC/LEN).

Derivatives

  • Eq. lenka “slow, dull, stiff; left (hand)” ✧ LT2A/Glend; QL/053
  • Eq. -léni “long” ✧ QL/053
  • Eq. lenu- “to stretch” ✧ LT2A/Glend; QL/053
  • Eq. lenwa “long and thin, straight, narrow” ✧ LT2A/Glend; QL/053
  • G. glen(n) “thin, fine, slender” ✧ LT2A/Glend
  • G. lenu- “to stretch, extend in length, trail” ✧ GL/53
  • G. len “wherewith, far, long, away” ✧ GL/53
  • G. lenc “far, distant” ✧ GL/53
  • G. glenweth “thinness” ✧ LT2A/Glend

Variations

  • leŋe ✧ GL/53
  • LENE ✧ LT2A/Glend; QL/053
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/53; LT2A/Glend; QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

ike

adjective. this

Derivations

  • ᴱ√I “here it is, root of relatives” ✧ QL/041

Element in

  • Eq. iki “look! (what I have)” ✧ QL/041

Elements

WordGloss
I“here it is, root of relatives”
KI“this by me”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√I > ike[iki] > [ike]✧ QL/041
Early Quenya [QL/041] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ni

adjective. this

qi

adjective. this

Element in

  • Eq. enqi “this (emphatic)” ✧ PE14/054
  • Eq. i·ner qi “this man; this man (we have at present, etc.)” ✧ PE14/054
  • Eq. qinqe “this” ✧ PE14/054
  • Eq. “*now” ✧ PE14/054
  • Eq. qinda “this” ✧ PE14/054

Variations

  • si- ✧ PE14/054
  • ni- ✧ PE14/054
Early Quenya [PE14/054; PE14/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qinda

adjective. this

Changes

  • qintaqinda ✧ PE14/055

Element in

Variations

  • qinta ✧ PE14/055 (qinta)
  • sinda ✧ PE16/146; PE16/146; PE16/146
Early Quenya [PE14/055; PE16/146] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qinqe

noun. this

Early Quenya [PE14/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

si

adjective. this

táma

adjective. this

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TA “demonstrative” ✧ QL/087

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TA > tāma[tāmā] > [tāma]✧ QL/087

Variations

  • tāma ✧ QL/087
Early Quenya [QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by

filima

adjective. fine, thin

filwa

adjective. fine, thin

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FILI “fine, thin” ✧ QL/038

Element in

  • Eq. filume “gossamer” ✧ QL/038

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FILI > filwa[ɸilwā] > [ɸilwa] > [filwa]✧ QL/038

Variations

  • filima ✧ QL/038
Early Quenya [QL/038] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kolwa

adjective. narrow, thin

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KOLO “to strain through” ✧ QL/047

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KOLO¹ > kolwa[kolwā] > [kolwa]✧ QL/047
Early Quenya [QL/047] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pinqe

adjective. slender, thin

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PINI “*small” ✧ QL/073

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√PIKI > pinqe[piŋkʷi] > [piŋkʷe]✧ QL/073
Early Quenya [QL/073; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minya

adjective. fine, slender

Cognates

  • En. minedh “fine, slender, thin, small” ✧ PE13/150; PE13/164

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶miniyā “fine, slender” ✧ PE13/150; PE13/164
    • ᴱ√MINI “*small, less”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶miníya > minya[minijā] > [minija] > [minja]✧ PE13/150
ᴱ✶miníı̯ā > minya[minijā] > [minija] > [minja]✧ PE13/164

Variations

  • minya ✧ PE13/150; PE13/164; PE16/137
Early Quenya [PE13/150; PE13/164; PE16/137] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fingwa

adjective. narrow

Cognates

  • G. fing “narrow”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FIŊI “*narrow” ✧ QL/038

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FIŊI > fingwa[ɸiŋgʷā] > [ɸiŋgʷa] > [fiŋgʷa]✧ QL/038
Early Quenya [QL/038] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-léni

suffix. long

Cognates

  • G. glen(n) “thin, fine, slender” ✧ GL/39

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LENE “long” ✧ QL/053

Element in

  • Eq. lenqelénu “(daddy) long-legs” ✧ QL/053
  • Eq. silqeléni “silver birch, (lit.) long tresses” ✧ QL/053

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LENE > lēni[-lēnī] > [-lēni]✧ QL/053

Variations

  • lēni ✧ GL/39; QL/053
  • lēnu ✧ GL/39; QL/053
Early Quenya [GL/39; QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-lénu

suffix. long

anda

adjective. long

andra

adjective. long

sild(r)a

adjective. slender

Cognates

Derivations

Element in

  • Eq. kolosilde “long thin point” ✧ QL/047
  • Eq. pinqisil(da) “(slender and) tapering” ✧ QL/073; QL/084

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ÞḶÐḶ > silda[θḷðā] > [θḷða] > [θilða] > [θilda] > [silda]✧ QL/084

Variations

  • silde ✧ QL/047 (silde)
  • silda ✧ QL/073; QL/084
  • sildra ✧ QL/084
Early Quenya [QL/047; QL/073; QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by