Gnomish
fathli
noun. tasselled fringe
Cognates
- Eq. fatsale “(tasseled) fringe”
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!
A noun appearing as G. fathli “tasselled fringe” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of G. fath/fass “tassel” (GL/34).
Neo-Sindarin: I’d adapt this word as ᴺS. fathol “(tasselled) fringe” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin based on ᴺS. fass “tassel” from primitive ✱phasḷ, where the th arose from ancient sl becoming thl, after which the ḷ syllabified to ol.