Gnomish
gung
noun. spider
Cognates
- Eq. ungwe “spider” ✧ GL/43; QL/098
Derivations
- ᴱ√GUŊU “*spider” ✧ QL/098
Element in
- G. gwidh-a-ging “cobweb” ✧ GL/46
- G. Gungliont “The Spider of Night” ✧ GL/43 (
Gungliont); QL/098Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√GUŊU > gung [ɣuŋg] > [guŋg] ✧ QL/098 Variations
- ging ✧ GL/46
ging
noun. spider
ungwi
noun. spider
Cognates
- Eq. ungwe “spider”
Derivations
- ᴱ√GUŊU “*spider”
Element in
- G. Ungoliont ✧ GL/75
cing(win)
noun. spider
Derivations
- ᴱ√KAŊA “weave, twine”
Variations
- cing ✧ GL/25; GL/26
- cingwin ✧ GL/26
A noun for “spider” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants cing and cingwin (GL/26). Tolkien indicated this word was related to G. cang “tangled” (GL/25), which was probably based on the early root ᴱ√KAŊA “weave, twine” (QL/45, 98). The i in cing indicates the primitive form was probably kŋ̣g-, since short syllabic nasals became in in Gnomish.