Noldorin
celw
noun. spring, source
celw
noun. spring, source
Cognates
- ᴺQ. celwë “spring, source”
Derivations
- ᴹ√KEL “flow, flow away (downhill), run (of water or rivers), run away especially downwards or at end” ✧ Ety/KEL
Element in
- N. Kelufain “?White Source”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KEL > celw [kelwe] > [kelw] > [kelu] ✧ Ety/KEL
eithel
noun. issue of water, spring, well
ethuil
noun. spring
Cognates
- ᴹQ. tuile “spring, spring-time” ✧ PM/134
Variations
- Ethuil ✧ PM/135
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as N. celw “spring, source” derived from the root ᴹ√KEL “go, run (especially of water), flow away downhill” (Ety/KEL). A similar form G. celu appeared in Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s beside variant celwin, but there it had the gloss “rill, stream, runlet” (GL/25).
Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to Neo-Sindarin, this word would be ᴺS. celu as suggested in HSD (HSD).