foa

breath, puff of breath

foa (1) noun "breath, puff of breath" (VT47:35, 36)

thûl

breath

1) thûl (pl. thuil), 2) hwest (i chwest, o chwest) (puff, breeze), pl. hwist (i chwist)

thûl

breath

(pl. thuil)

hwest

breath

(i chwest, o chwest) (puff, breeze), pl. hwist (i chwist)

pûh

noun. breath

A noun translated “breath” and fully declined as an example of a Weak I noun (SD/431).

Variations

• pūh ✧ SD/426; SD/431

thûl

noun. breath

thûl

noun. breath

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “breath” derived from the root ᴹ√THŪ “puff, blow” (Ety/THŪ). As written in The Etymologies, the actual form was thūl (EtyAC/THŪ).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien gave G. fest “breath, breathing” (GL/35), likely derived from the early root ᴱ√ǶEHE “breathe” (QL/41) with ƕ becoming f.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. súle “breath; spirit” ✧ Ety/THŪ

Derivations

• ᴹ√THŪ “puff, blow” ✧ Ety/THŪ

Element in

• ᴺS. úthúlui “breathless”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√THŪ > thūl	[tʰūle] > [θūle] > [θūl]	✧ Ety/THŪ

Variations

• thūl ✧ Ety/THŪ