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

bart

noun. change

Cognates

Derivations

Element in

  • G. bartha- “to change, exchange, alter” ✧ GL/22

Variations

  • bart ✧ GL/22

bart

noun. *fate

umbart

noun. fate

Cognates

  • Eq. ambar “fate, lot” ✧ LT2A/Turambar

Variations

  • umrod ✧ GL/56; LT2A/Turambar
  • Umrod ✧ GL/75
  • Umbart ✧ GL/75
Gnomish [GL/56; GL/75; LT2A/Turambar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mart(os)

noun. fate, portion, lot

Changes

  • mart → mart¹ “fate” ✧ GL/56

Cognates

  • Eq. mart “a piece of luck” ✧ LT2A/Turambar

Derivations

  • ᴱ√M(B)ṚTṚ “chance” ✧ GL/24; LT2A/Turambar; QL/063

Element in

  • G. umbart “fate” ✧ GL/56; LT2A/Turambar
  • G. martion “fated, doomed, fey” ✧ GL/56; LT2A/Turambar
  • G. Turumart “Conqueror of Fate” ✧ LT2A/Turambar

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√mṛt > mart[mṝt] > [mart]✧ GL/24

Variations

  • mart ✧ GL/24; GL/56 (mart); LT2A/Turambar; QL/063
  • mart¹ ✧ GL/56
  • martos ✧ GL/56
  • bart ✧ QL/063
Gnomish [GL/24; GL/56; LT2A/Turambar; QL/063] Group: Eldamo. Published by

umrod

noun. fate

elt

noun. change

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ELE “?wonder”

Variations

  • elt ✧ GL/32