Gnomish
urf
noun. apple (tree)
Changes
urf→ urf “apple” ✧ PE13/116Cognates
- Eq. orva “apple” ✧ PE13/116
Derivations
- ᴱ✶orbı̯a- ✧ PE13/116
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!
The word G. orf “apple” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with no clear derivation (GL/63). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips it became G. urf “apple” derived from primitive ᴱ✶orbı̯a-, but Tolkien revised this gloss to “apple tree” (PE13/116 and note #9).
Neo-Quenya: I’d use ᴺS. orf “apple” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin for better compatibility with ᴱQ. orva “apple”, my preferred Quenya word for that fruit.