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!

Gnomish

-win

suffix. *female suffix

Gnomish [GL/24; GL/28; GL/31; GL/34; GL/35; GL/42; GL/44; PE13/118] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-wein

suffix. *female suffix

-wig

suffix. *female suffix

cing(win)

noun. spider

A noun for “spider” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants cing and cingwin (GL/26). Tolkien indicated this word was related to G. cang “tangled” (GL/25), which was probably based on the early root ᴱ√KAŊA “weave, twine” (QL/45, 98). The i in cing indicates the primitive form was probably kŋ̣g-, since short syllabic nasals became in in Gnomish.

Gnomish [GL/25; GL/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ging

noun. spider

gung

noun. spider

Gnomish [GL/43; GL/46; QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwiog

adjective. young

gwion

adjective. young

gwiw

adjective. young

gân

adjective. young

puthli

noun. baby

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “baby” (GL/64), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√PU(HU) “generate” (QL/75).

ungwi

noun. spider