ýneg (VT47:41, VT48:6, 8, 12)
Sindarin
ýneg
cardinal. twelve
ýneg
cardinal. twelve
yneg
cardinal. twelve
ýneg
cardinal. twelve
ýneg
twelve
(VT47:41, VT48:6, 8, 12)
imp
cardinal. twelve
imp
cardinal. twelve
_ card. _twelve. Q. yunque. imp << iug. >> imp. This gloss was rejected.
inib
cardinal. twelve
yneb
cardinal. twelve
The Sindarin word for “eleven” in notes from the late 1960s was ýneg or yneg derived from ✶yūnekē “twelve = two sixes” (VT47/41; VT48/6, 9). Tolkien also considered yneb or inib as more direct cognates of yunquë “twelve”, but that seems to have been a transient idea (VT48/8).
Conceptual Development: Notes from the late 1950s had S. {iug} > imp under Q. yunquë “twelve”, but these forms were deleted (PE17/95-96).