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!
leg
adjective. keen, sharp, piercing
(g)leg
adjective. keen, sharp, piercing
Cognates
- Eq. laika “keen, sharp” ✧ GL/53; LT1A/Tári-Laisi; QL/050
Derivations
Element in
- G. Dramborleg “Thudder-sharp” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
- G. Legolast “Keen-sight” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
- G. nuthleg “keen-nosed” ✧ GL/61
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶leika > leg [leika] > [lēka] > [lēk] > [lēg] > [leg] ✧ GL/53 Variations
- gleg ✧ GL/39; GL/53
- lêg ✧ GL/39; GL/53; LT1A/Tári-Laisi
- leg ✧ GL/53; LT1A/Tári-Laisi; QL/050
- -leg ✧ GL/61 (-leg)
bactha
noun. leg
Derivations
- ᴱ√VAHA “*depart, travel”
laib
adjective. green
Changes
- glaib → glaib “green” ✧ GL/39
Cognates
- Eq. laiqa “green” ✧ GL/39; PE15/28
Derivations
- ᴱ√LAẎA “be alive, flourish” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
Element in
Variations
- glaib ✧ GL/39 (glaib); LT1A/Tári-Laisi
- Laib ✧ PE15/28
- laigo- ✧ PE15/28 (laigo-)
fripthon
noun. stalk
Derivations
- ᴱ√SIRIPI “*stalk”
thrimp
noun. stalk
A noun appearing as G. thrimp “a stalk” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/73), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√SIRIP (QL/84).
Neo-Sindarin: I retain ᴺS. thrimp “stalk” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, based on an updated Neo-Root ᴺ√THIRIP to better fit Sindarin phonology.
Derivations
- ᴱ√SIRIPI “*stalk”
thripthon
noun. stem
A noun for “stem” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/73), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√SIRIP (QL/84). It had a dialectical variant G. fripthon, but that word was glossed “stalk” (GL/36).
Derivations
- ᴱ√SIRIPI “*stalk”
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s for “a leg” (GL/21), clearly with a different etymology than ᴱQ. pelko “leg” (QL/73), probably derived instead from the early root ᴱ√VAHA “travel” (QL/99).