A new gloss for the root ᴹ√YEL “daughter”, with a new set of derivatives like ᴹQ. -iel “-friend” and ᴹQ. yelda “friendly” (Ety/YEL), but it was rejected in turn and probably replaced by ᴹ√MEL.
Middle Primitive Elvish
dil
root. stop up, fill up hole
Derivatives
Element in
- N. gasdil “stopgap” ✧ Ety/GAS
n(d)il
root. friend; love, devotion
Derivatives
Element in
- ᴹQ. Earendil “Friend of the Sea” ✧ SD/241; SD/305
Variations
- NIL/NDIL ✧ Ety/NIL
- DIL ✧ EtyAC/NIL
- ndil ✧ SD/241; SD/305
yel
root. friend
Derivatives
Variations
YEL✧ Ety/YEL (YEL)
mālō
noun. friend
Derivations
- ᴹ√MEL “love (as friend)” ✧ Ety/MEL
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. málo “friend” ✧ Ety/MEL
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “stop up, fill up hole”, with various Noldorin derivatives of similar meaning (Ety/DIL).