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

blectha

noun. a flame

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame” derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE (GL/22). Tolkien marked this word as “Q”, but the editors pointed out this is almost certainly a slip for “G”.

Cognates

  • Eq. velka “flame” ✧ GL/22

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√melek/mbelek/belek > blectha[βelektā] > [belektā] > [blektā] > [blekta] > [blekθa] > [blekθa]✧ GL/22

bleg

noun. a flame

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame” (GL/23), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE (GL/22).

Derivations