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

falm

noun. breaker, wave

Cognates

  • Eq. falmar “wave (as it breaks), foamcrest” ✧ LT1A/Falman

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FALA “*foam, wave” ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Falman

Element in

  • G. Falmon “Ossë” ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Falman

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√fal-¹ > falm[ɸalma] > [falma] > [falm]✧ GL/33
Gnomish [GL/33; LT1A/Falman] Group: Eldamo. Published by

floss

noun. breaker

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “breaker”, a variant of G. thloss under the influence of G. flass “surf” (GL/35, 73).

Derivations

  • G. thloss “breaker” ✧ GL/35
    • ᴱ√ÞOLO “*surf” ✧ GL/73; LT1A/Solosimpi

Element in

Gnomish [GL/35; GL/73] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thloss

noun. breaker

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ÞOLO “*surf” ✧ GL/73; LT1A/Solosimpi

Derivatives

  • G. floss “breaker” ✧ GL/35

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√thol- > thloss[sloss] > [θloss]✧ GL/73
Gnomish [GL/35; GL/73; LT1A/Solosimpi] Group: Eldamo. Published by