A word for “sky” in an early name list from the 1910s and appearing in a couple early names: G. Thlim Quing Ilon “✱Folk of the Heavenly Arc” and G. Cris o Teld Quing Ilon “Gully of the Rainbow Roof” (PE13/101, 104), the latter revised to G. Cris Ilbranteloth (LT2/202). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, however, G. Ilon was the name of Ilúvatar (GL/50).
Gnomish
ilwint
place name. Ilwint
ilwint
noun. sky, heavens; (lit.) face of god
Cognates
- Eq. ilwe “sky, heavens” ✧ GL/50; LT1A/Ilwë
Elements
Word Gloss ILU “ether, the slender airs among the stars” gwint “face” Variations
- ilwi ✧ GL/50
- ilwin ✧ GL/50
ilon
noun. sky
Derivations
- ᴱ√ILU “ether, the slender airs among the stars”
Element in
- G. Cris a Teld Quing Ilon “Gully of the Rainbow Roof” ✧ LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon
- G. Ilon “Ilúvatar, God” ✧ LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon
- G. Thlim Quing Ilon “*Folk of the Heavenly Arc” ✧ PE13/104
Variations
- Ilon ✧ LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon; PE13/104; PE13/104; PE15/27 (
Ilon)
luithon
noun. sky
A word for “sky” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of G. lui “blueness” (GL/55).
dai
noun. sky
Cognates
- Eq. taime “sky” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
Derivations
- ᴱ√DAHA “*high” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
Element in
- G. daimoth “heaven” ✧ GL/29; LT1A/Telimektar
- G. Dor-na-Dhaideloth “[Land of] Heaven Roof” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
- G. Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth “Heath of the Sky-roof” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
- G. Daimord “Shepherd of the Sky” ✧ GL/29; LT1A/Telimektar; PE13/112
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TAHA > dai [daxa] > [dax] > [dai] ✧ LT1A/Telimektar Variations
- dai ✧ LT1A/Telimektar; PE13/112
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s described as follows:
> ilwint (face of God ?) = Q ilwe. The blue airs (above Gwilfa) that flow about the stars. The etymology “face of god” is popular and responsible for form, which is properly (and so occurs) ilwi or ilwin (GL/50).
Thus this word is the equivalent of ᴱQ. ilwe “sky, heavens” from the root ᴱ√ILU (QL/42), but a folk etymology assumed the final element was G. gwint “face”, and this supplemented the more ordinary historical form ilwi(n).