A word appearing as ᴱQ. Elben “heart” in the Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin of the 1910s (LT2/202; PE15/23), but as ᴱQ. Elwen “heart” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√LEFE (QL/35, 52). These words were connected to the character G. Elfrith who vanished from later versions of the Legendarium.
Early Quenya
indo
noun. house
Cognates
- G. ind “house, abode” ✧ LT2A/Idril
Derivations
- ᴱ√IÐI “dwell‽” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
Element in
- Eq. indor “master of house” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
- Eq. iluin(do) “dwelling beyond the stars for the blessed” ✧ QL/042
- Eq. indolis “domicile” ✧ QL/043
- Eq. indositsina “domestic(ated)” ✧ QL/043
- Eq. indoite “indoors, at home, homely, domestic” ✧ QL/043
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√IŘI > indo [inðō] > [inðo] > [indo] ✧ QL/043
hondo
noun. heart
honde
noun. heart
londa
noun. heart
hon
noun. heart
Changes
hondo→ londa “heart” ✧ PE13/162Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√HONO “*heart” ✧ QL/040
Element in
- Eq. qentien no máre nar i hondor “*than good, I said, are the hearts” ✧ PE15/32
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√HONO > hon [xondo] > [xondǝ] > [xond] > [hond] > [hon] ✧ QL/040 Variations
- londa ✧ PE13/149; PE13/162
- hondo ✧ PE13/162 (
hondo); QL/040- honde ✧ PE16/137
- hon ✧ QL/040
elben
noun. heart
elwen
noun. heart
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√LEFE “*heart” ✧ QL/035; QL/052
Element in
- Eq.
Elwenil(do)“Littleheart” ✧ LT1A/Ilverin (Elwenildo); LT2/202 (Elbenil)Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LEFE > Elwen [elɸen] > [elβen] > [elwen] ✧ QL/035 ᴱ√LEFE > elwen [elɸen] > [elβen] > [elwen] ✧ QL/052 Variations
- Elben ✧ LT2/202; PE15/23
- Elwen ✧ QL/035
A word for “house” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√IŘI [IÐI] “dwell” (QL/43). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/43).