Quenya 

hilya-

to follow

hilya- vb. "to follow" (KHIL)

Sindarin 

hil-

verb. to follow

Derivations

  • √KHIL “follow (behind)”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

aphad-

verb. to follow

Derivations

  • ✶ap-pata “to walk behind on a track or path” ✧ WJ/387

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
ab“after”
pad-“to step, walk”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶ap-pata > aphad-[appat-] > [appʰat-] > [aɸɸat-] > [affat-] > [affad-]✧ WJ/387

aphada

follow

(i aphada, in aphadar) (WJ:387)  

aphadon

follower

(pl. Ephedyn, coll. pl. Aphadrim) (WJ:387). Also echil (no distinct pl. form); coll. pl. ?echillath

byr

follower

). No distinct pl. form except with article (i mŷr). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” bior, beor.

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Qenya 

hilya-

verb. to follow

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHIL “follow” ✧ Ety/KHIL

Element in

  • ᴺQ. hilië “following (act of)”
  • ᴺQ. hilyalë “succession, dynasty”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHIL > hilya-[kʰilja-] > [xilja-] > [hilja-]✧ Ety/KHIL

Middle Primitive Elvish

khil

root. follow

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. hilde “heir”
  • ᴹQ. Hildi “Mortal Men, (lit.) Followers” ✧ Ety/KHIL; EtyAC/TĀ
  • ᴹQ. hilya- “to follow” ✧ Ety/KHIL

Element in

  • ᴹ✶tāra-khil ✧ Ety/KHIL
  • ᴹQ. Tarkil “High Man” ✧ Ety/TUR
  • ᴹQ. Turkil “Great Man, Lordly Man, Númenórean” ✧ Ety/TUR
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KHIL; Ety/TUR; EtyAC/TĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by