Qenya
ungo
noun. cloud, dark shadow
Derivations
- ᴹ√UÑG “*gloom” ✧ Ety/UÑG
Element in
- Q. Ungoliantë “Gloomweaver, *Shadow Spider”
- ᴹQ. Ungoliante “Gloomweaver”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√UÑG > ungo [uŋgo] ✧ Ety/UÑG
tolto
cardinal. eight
Cognates
- N. toloth “eight” ✧ Ety/TOL¹-OTH/OT
Derivations
- ᴹ√TOL-OTH/OT “eight” ✧ Ety/TOL¹-OTH/OT
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√TOL¹-OTH/OT > tolto [toloto] > [tolto] ✧ Ety/TOL¹-OTH/OT
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “cloud, dark shadow” derived from the root ᴹ√UÑG (Ety/UÑG) and serving as the initial element in ᴹQ. Ungoliante “Gloomweaver” (LR/230). In later writings, √UÑG referred to spiders instead (LotR/1122; PE22/160), so this word was probably abandoned.