pl1. edil n.
Quenya
noldo
noun. Noldo
Sindarin
edel
edel
edel
edel
. This gloss was rejected.
edel
noun. Edel
Derivations
- ✶etelō ✧ PE17/142
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶etelō > edel [etelō] > [etelo] > [etel] > [edel] ✧ PE17/142 Variations
- edel ✧ PE17/142
edhel
noun. Elf
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- S. Adanedhel “Elf-man” ✧ SA/edhel
- S. Aerlinn in Edhil o Imladris “*Holy Song of the Elves of Rivendell” ✧ RGEO/62
- S. Aredhel “Noble Elf” ✧ SA/edhel
- S. Aredhel “Noble Elf” ✧ PE17/139; PE17/141
- S. Caledhel “*Light Elf”
- S. Danedhel “*Nando” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
- S. Dúnedhel “West-Elf” ✧ PE17/141; WJ/378
- S. Edhelharn “Elfstone”
- S. edhellen “elvish” ✧ PE17/045
- S. Edhellond “Elf-haven” ✧ UT/255
- S. Edhellos “Elven-flower” ✧ PM/346
- S. Glóredhel “*Golden Elf” ✧ SA/edhel
- S. Gwenedhel
- S. Lindedhel “Nandorin Elf”
- S. mellyn enin Edhellion “*friends of the Elves” ✧ PE17/097
- S. Mornedhel “Dark-elf” ✧ PE17/141; WJ/377
- S. Nínedhel “?Tear(ful) Elf” ✧ PE17/139
- S. Ost-in-Edhil “Fortress of the Eldar” ✧ SA/edhel
- S. Peredhel “Half-elf” ✧ SA/edhel
- S. Rúnedhel ✧ PE17/141
- S. Thinnedhel “Grey-elf” ✧ PE17/139
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶edelā > eðel [edelā] > [edela] > [eðela] > [eðel] ✧ PE17/139 ✶edelō > eðel [edelō] > [edelo] > [eðelo] > [eðel] ✧ PE17/141 ✶edelā > edhel [edelā] > [edela] > [eðela] > [eðel] ✧ PE17/151 ✶edelā > eðel [edelā] > [edela] > [eðela] > [eðel] ✧ PE17/152 ✶edelō > Edhel [edelō] > [edelo] > [eðelo] > [eðel] ✧ WJ/360 ✶edelō > Edhil [edelī] > [edeli] > [eðeli] > [eðili] > [eðil] ✧ WJ/360 Variations
- edhel ✧ PE17/045; PE17/151; RC/780; SA/edhel; UT/255; UTI/Edhelrim
- eðel ✧ PE17/139; PE17/141; PE17/152
- Eðel ✧ PM/346
eledh
noun. Elf
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶eledā/elenā > eledh [eledā] > [eleda] > [eleða] > [eleð] ✧ Let/281 ✶eledā/elenā > elidh [eledī] > [eledi] > [eleði] > [eliði] > [elið] ✧ Let/281 ✶elenyā > elein [elenjā] > [elenja] > [elenia] > [eleni] > [elein] > [elain] ✧ PE17/139 ✶eledā > eleð [eledā] > [eleda] > [eleða] > [eleð] ✧ PE17/140 ✶eledā > eleð [eledā] > [eleda] > [eleða] > [eleð] ✧ PE17/141 ✶eledā > eledh [eledā] > [eleda] > [eleða] > [eleð] ✧ PE17/142 ✶elenā > Elen [elenā] > [elena] > [elen] ✧ WJ/360 ✶elenā > Elin [elenī] > [eleni] > [elini] > [elin] ✧ WJ/360 Variations
- eledh ✧ Let/281 (eledh); PE17/142; PE17/142; UTI/Edhelrim
- elein ✧ PE17/139 (elein)
- eleð ✧ PE17/140; PE17/141; PE17/142
- Elen ✧ WJ/363; WJ/377 (Elen); WJI/Elen
elen
noun. Elf
ell
noun. Elf
Cognates
- Q. Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” ✧ Let/281; WJ/362
Derivations
- ✶eledā “star-folk, of the stars” ✧ PE17/141; WJ/360
- √EL “lo, behold; star, lo, behold; star, [ᴹ√] starry sky” ✧ Let/281
- Q. Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” ✧ PE17/141
- ✶eledā “star-folk, of the stars” ✧ Let/281; PE17/141; SA/êl; WJ/360; WJ/364; WJ/364
- √EL “lo, behold; star, lo, behold; star, [ᴹ√] starry sky” ✧ Let/281
- ✶elenā “connected with or concerning the stars” ✧ PE17/139; PE17/152
- ✶elen “star” ✧ PE17/139
- √EL “lo, behold; star, lo, behold; star, [ᴹ√] starry sky” ✧ Let/281; PE17/067; VT42/11; WJ/360
- ✶edelā “the fair” ✧ PE17/139; PE17/151
- √DEL “*fair” ✧ PE17/151
- ✶edelō “one who goes, traveller, migrant, marcher” ✧ PE17/152
- √DEL “walk, go, proceed, travel” ✧ WJ/360; WJ/363
Derivatives
Element in
- S. Aranel
- S. Aredhel “Noble Elf” ✧ PE17/141
- S. ar in Ellath epholar eno vi Eressai “*and the Elves (?remember) still in Eressëa” ✧ VT50/19
- S. Dúnedhel “West-Elf” ✧ PE17/141
- S. Elladan “Elf-man” ✧ Let/281
- S. Elleth “Elf-maid” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/152; WJ/363
- S. Ellon “Elf-man” ✧ PE17/141; WJ/363
- S. Elrohir “Elf-knight” ✧ Let/281
- S. Elrond “Star-dome” ✧ Let/281
- S. Elros “Star-foam” ✧ Let/281
- S. Elvellyn “Elf-friends, Elf-lovers” ✧ WJ/412
- S. Glinnel “*Singer-elf”
- S. i glinn hen agorer Edain mi Velerian, ach hí in Ellath îr ed epholar “*this song Men made in Beleriand, but now the Elves alone (?remember) it” ✧ VT50/15; VT50/15; VT50/15
- S. Laegel “Green-elves”
- S. Lindel “Nando”
- S. Miniel “Vanyar”
- S. sí il chem en i Naugrim en ir Ellath thor den ammen “*now all (?hands) of the Dwarves and Elves will be (?against) to us” ✧ VT50/23
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶eldā > ell [eldā] > [elda] > [elða] > [elð] > [ell] ✧ PE17/141 Q. elda > eld > ell [elda] > [elða] > [elð] > [ell] ✧ PE17/141 ✶eldā > Ell- [eldā] > [elda] > [elða] > [elð] > [ell] ✧ WJ/360 Variations
- ell ✧ Let/281; PE17/141; PE17/141 (ell); PE17/141; PE17/152 (ell)
- elt ✧ PE17/141
- Ell- ✧ WJ/363
- ell- ✧ WJ/364
penedh
noun. Elf
Derivations
Element in
- S. Morbenedh “*Dark-elf” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/141
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶kwenedē > peneð [kwenedē] > [penedē] > [penede] > [peneðe] > [peneð] ✧ PE17/140 ✶kwenedē > Penn [kwendē] > [pendē] > [pende] > [pend] > [penn] ✧ PE17/141 Variations
- peneð ✧ PE17/140; PE17/141
- Penn ✧ PE17/141
noll
noun. Noldo
Changes
nŏl→ noll ✧ PE17/141Derivations
- Q. Noldo “one of the wise folk, Gnome” ✧ PE17/141
- ✶ñgolodō “lore-master, sage” ✧ MR/350; MR/470; PE17/141; PE17/153; PE19/076; PM/360; WJ/364; WJ/380; WJ/383
- √ÑGOLOD “*one of the wise folk, Gnome, [ᴹ√] one of the wise folk, Gnome”
- √ÑGOL “knowledge, wisdom, lore, knowledge, wisdom, lore; [ᴹ√] wise, be wise” ✧ PM/360; WJ/383
- Aq. ñolda “dark-haired” ✧ PE17/125
- √ÑGOL “dark-hued, dark-brown” ✧ PE17/125
- √ÑGOL “knowledge, wisdom, lore, knowledge, wisdom, lore; [ᴹ√] wise, be wise” ✧ SA/gûl
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources Q. ñoldo > nold > noll [noldo] > [nolðo] > [nolð] > [noll] ✧ PE17/141 Variations
- noll ✧ PE17/141
- golt ✧ PE17/141
- nolt ✧ PE17/141
- nŏl ✧ PE17/141 (
nŏl)
edhel
elf
(pl. edhil). Coll. pl. Edhelrim (or Edhellim) (UT:318). Also †eledh, pl. elidh, coll. pl. eledhrim (Letters:281), also elen, pl. elin, also with coll. pl. eledhrim (elen + rim with the regular change nr > dhr). (WJ:363, 377-78; the shorter coll. pl. Eldrim > *Elrim*** may also occur). But since elin** also means "stars", other terms for "Elf" may be preferred.
peredhel
half-elf
(pl. peredhil) (PM:256, 348).
dúnedhel
elf of beleriand
(i Núnedhel), pl. *Dúnedhil*** (i Ndúnedhil*). (WJ:378, 386)*
edhelharn
elf-stone
(pl. edhelhern) (SD:128-31).
mornedhel
dark elf
(i Vornedhel), pl. Mornedhil (i Mornedhil). Conceivably the entire word could be umlauted in the pl.: ?Mernedhil. **(WJ:409) Another term for ”Dark Elf” is Dúredhel (i Dhúredhel), pl. Dúredhil (i Núredhil**).
laegel
green-elf
pl. laegil; coll. pl. laegrim or laegeldrim (WJ:385). These forms from a late source would seem to supersede the ”N” forms listed in LR:368 s.v. LÁYAK: *Lhoebenidh* or *Lhoebelidh*. The Green-elves of Beleriand were also called Lindel (pl. Lindil), also Lindedhel (pl. Lindedhil) *(WJ:385)*.
send
grey-elf
(i hend, o send, construct sen) (probably a term only used by the Noldor, borrowed from Quenya Sinda), pl. sind (i sind), coll. pl. Sendrim (the only attested form).
ellon
elf-man
(pl. ellyn)
elleth
elf-woman
(pl. ellith) (WJ:363-64, 377)
miniel
first elf
(i Viniel), pl. Mínil (i Mínil), coll. pl. Miniellath. (WJ:383)
gwanwel
elf of aman
(”departed” Elf), pl. gwenwil (in gwenwil), coll. pl. gwanwellath. (WJ:378) Also gwanwen; see
elvellon
elf-friend
(pl. elvellyn, coll. pl. elvellonnath (WJ:412);
lefn
elf left behind
pl. lifn.
golodh
noldo
(one of the Noldor) Golodh (i **Ngolodh = i Ñolodh, o N**golodh = o Ñgolodh), pl. Gelydh (in Gelydh = i Ñgelydh), coll. pl. Golodhrim. While Golodh is the actual Sindarin cognate of Quenya Noldo, the Noldor themselves apparently found this form unpleasing (WJ:379) and preferred the word Gódhel (i **Ódhel), pl. Gódhil (i Ngódhil = i Ñódhil), coll. pl. Gódhellim. Also Ódhel, pl. Ódhil, coll. pl. Ódhelllim** (WJ:364, 378-9). Adj.
golodh
noldo
(i Ngolodh = i Ñolodh, o N’golodh = o Ñgolodh), pl. *Gelydh* (*in Gelydh* = i Ñgelydh), coll. pl. Golodhrim. While Golodh is the actual Sindarin cognate of Quenya Noldo, the Noldor themselves apparently found this form unpleasing (WJ:379) and preferred the word Gódhel (i ’Ódhel), pl. *Gódhil*** (i Ngódhil = i Ñódhil), coll. pl. **Gódhellim. Also Ódhel, pl. Ódhil, coll. pl. Ódhelllim (WJ:364, 378-9). Adj.
golodhren
of the noldor, noldorin
*(WJ:318; Christopher Tolkien found the ”last letters illigible”, but the context might suggest Golodhrin as a pl. adj. ”Noldorin (ones)”. Lenited Ngolodhren = Ñolodhren*.
avar
non-eldarin elf
pl. Evair, also called
calben
elf of the great journey
(i galben, o chalben), pl. celbin (i chelbin).
Telerin
ella
noun/adjective. Elf
Cognates
- Q. Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” ✧ WJ/362; WJI/Eldar
Derivations
Element in
- T. Ellálië “Elvenfolk” ✧ WJ/375
ello
noun. Elf
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- T. Audel “Elf who left for Aman” ✧ WJ/364
goldo
noun. Noldo
Cognates
- Q. Noldo “one of the wise folk, Gnome” ✧ PM/360; WJI/Goldo; WJ/383; WJI/Noldor
Derivations
Element in
- T. Goldolambë “Quenya”
- T. Goldórin “Quenya”
Variations
- golodo ✧ PM/360
Nandorin
edel
noun. Elda, High-elf
Stated in the Etymologies to be derived from a stem ÉLED (LR:356), defined as "Star-folk"; Tolkien points out that Doriathrin and Danian used a "transposed" form, clearly referring to the sounds L and D changing place. In Etym the development is apparently meant to be eledâ (this primitive form is explicitly given in Letters:281) > edela > edel. Later Tolkien reconstructed the primitive form of Quenya Elda as eldâ (WJ:360); whether this could regularly yield Nandorin edel is doubtful, unless final -ld metathesized to -dl and a vowel developed to break up this final cluster.
In Etym, Tolkien first gave the Nandorin form as elda, then changed it. *Eledâ could not yield elda, since final -â is regularly lost in Nandorin. Since in this word we do not see loss of the second of two identical vowels (compare golda), we must conclude that final -a was lost before this could happen.
golda
adjective. noldo
The primitive form of Quenya Noldo (and hence also Nandorin golda) is given in WJ:364, 380 as ñgolodô. This example demonstrates that in Nandorin, like in Quenya, the second of two identical vowels in adjacent syllables is lost in words that had another syllable following the lost vowel. This word alone provides a clear example of the change of primitive final _-ô to -a_. The form golda also suggests that in Nandorin as in Sindarin, the original initial nasalized stops ñg, nd, mb were simplified to g, d, b, though examples for d and b are lacking in our very small corpus. The stems involved are found in LR:377: ÑGOL "wise" and the extended form ÑGOLOD "one of the wise folk". Ñgolodô is thus either formed from ÑGOL by ómataina (suffixed base-vowel), suffixed D and the nominal (often masculine or agental) ending -ô, alternatively simply the longer ending -dô (of similar meaning) suffixed to the ómataina-form of the stem ÑGOL (sc. ñgolo-).
Primitive elvish
edelā
noun. the fair
Derivations
- √DEL “*fair” ✧ PE17/151
Derivatives
Variations
- edel ✧ PE17/151
eled
root. *Star-Folk, Elf
Variations
- ’ELED ✧ PE18/084
- ’EDEL ✧ PE18/084 (
’EDEL)
Noldorin
edhel
noun. firstborn, eldest
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶edēlā > eðel [edēlā] > [edelā] > [edela] > [eðela] > [eðel] ✧ EtyAC/EDE Variations
eðel✧ EtyAC/EDE (eðel)
penedh
noun. Elf
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶kwenedē > penedh [kwenedē] > [penedē] > [penede] > [peneðe] > [peneð] ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED) ᴹ✶kwenedē > penidh [kwenedī] > [penedī] > [penedi] > [peneði] > [peniði] > [penið] ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED) Variations
- peneð ✧ EtyAC/SET (peneð)
penn
noun. Elf
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Qende “Elf”
Derivations
- ᴹ√KWEN(ED) “Elf”
Element in
- N.
Morbenn“Dark Elf” ✧ EtyAC/MOR (Morbenn)Variations
- penn ✧ PE22/067
eledh
noun. Star-folk, Elf
Changes
eledh→ Eledh “‘departed’ Elf” ✧ Ety/ELEDCognates
- ᴹQ. Elda “Elf” ✧ Ety/ELED; Ety/ELED
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ELED > eledh [eleda] > [eleða] > [eleð] ✧ Ety/ELED ᴹ√ÉLED > Eledh [eleda] > [eleða] > [eleð] ✧ Ety/ELED ᴹ√ÉLED > Elidh [eledī] > [eledi] > [eleði] > [eliði] > [elið] ✧ Ety/ELED Variations
- eledh ✧ Ety/ELED (
eledh)
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!
Ancient quenya
ñgoldō
noun. Noldo
Derivations
Element in
- Q. Etyangoldi “Exiled Noldor” ✧ WJ/374
Qenya
qende
noun. Elf
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶kwenedē > qende [kwenedē] > [kwendē] > [kwende] ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED) ᴹ✶kwĕndĕ > qende [kwende] ✧ PE21/69 Variations
- qende ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED); PE21/69
elda
noun. Elf
Changes
Elda→ Elda “‘departed’ Elf” ✧ Ety/ELEDCognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. andalúme Eldar oianer Valinoresse, masse oiar sí “for a long while the Elves lived in Valinor, where are they/do they live now?” ✧ PE22/125
- ᴹQ. Eldakar “Elfhelm”
- ᴹQ. Eldahar
- ᴹQ. Eldakan “Elf-bold”
- ᴹQ. Eldalie “People of the Elves, Elf-folk” ✧ Ety/ELED
- ᴹQ. Eldamar “Elvenhome” ✧ Ety/ELED
- ᴹQ. Eldanor “Elfland”
- ᴹQ. Eldanyáre “History of the Elves”
- ᴹQ. Eldar alphírimar “Elves are Immortals” ✧ PE22/124
- ᴹQ. Eldar Alphírimor “Elves are Immortals” ✧ PE22/124
- ᴹQ. Eldar ando kakainen loralyar Koivienenissen “the Elves were long lying asleep at Koivienéni” ✧ VT27/07
- ᴹQ. Eldarin “of the Elves, Elvish” ✧ Ety/ELED
- ᴹQ. Eldavel “Elfwold”
- ᴹQ. Eldamir “Elfstone”
- ᴹQ. en kárielto eldain Isil, hildin Úr-anar; toi írimar “for Elves they made the Moon, but for Men the red Sun; which are beautiful” ✧ LR/072; LR/072
- ᴹQ. Ilu Ilúvatar en káre eldain a fírimoin “the Father made the World for Elves and Mortals” ✧ LR/072
- ᴹQ. intin Eldalin “they (are or were) (some) Elves” ✧ PE22/124
- ᴹQ. Laiqeldar “Green-elves”
- ᴹQ.
Esselda“*First-elf”- ᴹQ. Moreldar “Dark-elves”
- ᴹQ. Naneldar “Danian Elves”
- ᴹQ. Pereldar “Half-eldar”
- ᴹQ. Veaneldar “Sea-elves”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ELED > Elda [eleda] > [elda] ✧ Ety/ELED ᴹ√ÉLED > Elda [eleda] > [elda] ✧ Ety/ELED ᴹ✶edela > eleda [edela] > [eleda] ✧ EtyAC/EDE Variations
- eleda ✧ EtyAC/EDE (
eleda)
qen
noun. Elf
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶qend(ǝ)mēn > qenwen [kwendemēn] > [kwendmēn] > [kwenmēn] > [kwenwēn] > [kwenwen] ✧ PE21/25 Variations
- qen ✧ PE21/19; PE21/25
estanosse
collective name. Firstborn
A rejected term for the Elves as Firstborn of Iluvator (EtyAC/SET), a combination of (rejected) esta “first” and nosse “clan”.
Cognates
- N.
Sethnoss“Firstborn, Elves” ✧ Ety/ESEElements
Word Gloss esta “first” nosse “clan, family, ‘house’” Variations
Estanesse✧ EtyAC/ESE (Estanesse)Estanor/?Estannoss✧ EtyAC/SET (Estanor/?Estannoss)
Doriathrin
cwend
noun. Elf
A Doriathrin noun meaning “Elf” derived from primitive ᴹ✶kwenedē (EtyAC/KWEN(ED)), an example of the Ilkorin syncope.
Conceptual Development: This word is nearly identical to earlier Gnomish Cwenn “Elf” before Tolkien revised the phonological history of the Noldorin language so that [[on|[kw] became [p]]].
Cognates
- Dan. cwenda “Elf” ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED)
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶kwenedē > cwend [kwenedē] > [kwenede] > [kwende] > [kwend] ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED)
eld
noun. Star-folk, Elf
A rejected Doriathrin word for “Elf”, a derivation of the root ᴹ√ELED and a direct cognate of ᴹQ. Elda, also appearing in its plural form Eldin (Ety/ELED). It was replaced by Ilk. Egla derived from the inverted form of the root: ᴹ✶edel[a].
Changes
Eld→ Egla “Star-folk, Elf” ✧ Ety/ELEDCognates
- ᴹQ. Elda “Elf” ✧ Ety/ELED
Derivations
- ᴹ√ELED “Star-Folk, Elves” ✧ Ety/ELED
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÉLED > Eld [elda] > [eld] ✧ Ety/ELED
egla
noun. Star-folk, Elf
A Doriathrin word for “Elf” (Ety/ELED), also attested in its class plural form Eglath which was marked as both Doriathrin (Ety/ELED) and Ilkorin (Ety/GAT(H), LED). This word developed from the inverted primitive form ᴹ✶edel[a] of the root ᴹ√ELED (Ety/ELED). First the middle [e] was lost because of the Ilkorin syncope, after which the resulting [[ilk|[dl] became [gl]]].
This word was a frequent element in Ilkorin names. As noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/Eglador), ordinarily the [[ilk|primitive final [a] would be lost]] in Ilkorin. Perhaps it was preserved in Ilk. Egla by analogy with the various names where it appeared, or perhaps Egla was actually the genitival form (of unattested ✱Egol as Ilk. legol) with the suffix -a(n).
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, G. Egla was the Gnomish word for “Elf”. In The Etymologies from the 1930s, Tolkien first wrote Ilk. Eld for “Elf”, derived from the uninverted form of the root. This was rejected in favor of Ilk. Egla, perhaps an attempt to preserve the earlier Gnomish form.
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Elda “Elf” ✧ Ety/ELED
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶edel- > Egla [edela] > [edla] > [egla] ✧ Ety/ELED
Ossriandric
edel
noun. Elf
A noun for “Elf” derived from primitive ᴹ✶edel-, an inversion of the primitive root ᴹ√ELED (Ety/ELED). Unlike most similar Danian nouns, it did not undergo the Danian syncope and retained its second vowel. One possible explanation is that the primitive form of this noun ended in a short vowel, ✱✶edelă, and this short final vowel vanished before the period of the syncope, preventing it from occurring in this word. Helge Fauskanger originally suggested a theory much like this one (AL-Nandorin/edel).
Conceptual Development: In an earlier version of this entry, the Danian word for Elf was given as Elda (Ety/ELED).
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Elda “Elf” ✧ Ety/ELED; Ety/ELED
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÉLED > Elda [eledā] > [eldā] > [elda] ✧ Ety/ELED ᴹ✶edel- > Edel [edela] > [edel] ✧ Ety/ELED Variations
- Elda ✧ Ety/ELED (
Elda)
cwenda
noun. Elf
A noun for “Elf” developed from primitive ᴹ✶kwenedē (Ety/KWEN(ED)). It is an example of the Danian syncope, with second unstressed [e] vanishing after the identical vowel. It is also one of the Danian words for which a long final vowel developed into short final [a].
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶kwenedē > cwenda [kwenedē] > [kwendē] > [kwenda] ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED)
Middle Primitive Elvish
edel
root. *star-folk
edel-
noun. Star-folk, Elf
Derivations
- ᴹ√ELED “Star-Folk, Elves” ✧ Ety/ELED
Derivatives
edēlā
noun. firstborn, eldest
Derivations
- ᴹ√
EDE(L)“precede, come forward, hence” ✧ EtyAC/EDEDerivatives
Variations
edela✧ EtyAC/EDE (edela)
ede(l)
root. precede, come forward, hence
A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “precede, come forward, hence” providing an etymology for the words for Elf (Ety/EDE). The rejected Noldorin form N. Edhel may have been an early attempt to revise N. Eledh “Elf”, which in Sindarin became S. Edhel < √DEL (WJ/363-4). As such, this root may have been an early iteration of √DEL “walk, go, proceed, travel”.
Derivatives
Element in
- ᴹ✶
ednōno“firstborn” ✧ EtyAC/NŌ (ednōno/edenono/ennos)Variations
EDE✧ EtyAC/EDE (EDE); EtyAC/NŌ (EDE)
el
root. star, starry sky
Derivatives
Element in
kwen(ed)
root. Elf
Derivatives
Variations
- KWENED ✧ PE18/034; PE18/061
kwenedē
noun. Elf
Derivations
- ᴹ√KWEN(ED) “Elf” ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED)
Derivatives
Element in
- ᴹ✶morikwende “Dark-elf” ✧ PE19/057; PE19/059
Variations
- kwènedḗ ✧ PE19/057; PE19/059
- kwendḗ ✧ PE19/059
- kwĕndĕ ✧ PE21/69
eled
root. Star-Folk, Elves
Derivatives
Element in
- ᴹ✶Eledandore “*Elf-land” ✧ Ety/ELED
- ᴹQ.
Elériel“Ælfwine”- Ilk. Egla “Star-folk, Elf” ✧ Ety/LED
- Ilk. Eglor “Elf-river” ✧ Ety/RIS²
Variations
- Eled- ✧ Ety/EL
- ÉLED ✧ Ety/ELED; Ety/LED
- EDEL ✧ PE18/034; PE18/061
eledā
noun. Star-folk, Elf
Derivations
- ᴹ√ELED “Star-Folk, Elves”
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. Elda “Elf” ✧ SD/401; SDI2/Eledâi
Variations
- Ĕlĕdă ✧ PE21/64 (
Ĕlĕdă)
ednōno
noun. firstborn
Variations
ednōno/edenono/ennos✧ EtyAC/NŌ (ednōno/edenono/ennos)
Gnomish
cwenn
noun. Elf
Changes
Cwend→ Cwenn ✧ GL/28Cognates
- Eq. Qen “Elf” ✧ GL/32; PE13/099; PE14/009
Element in
- G. Cweneglin “*Elvish (Qenya)” ✧ GL/28
Variations
- Cwend ✧ GL/28 (
Cwend)
Early Noldorin
idhel
noun. elf
egol
noun. elf
gwenn
noun. Elf
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ✶Gwendi ✧ PE13/146
Element in
- En. Gwennian
ileth
noun. elf
uidhol
noun. elf
uigol
noun. elf
Early Quenya
qende
noun. Elf
qen
noun. Elf
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ✶Gwendi ✧ PE13/146
Element in
- Eq. Qenya “Elvish”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶Gwendi- > Qen [gʷend] > [gʷen] > [kʷen] ✧ PE13/146 Variations
- qende ✧ PE14/009
Noldo, Gnome