Doriathrin
legol
adjective. nimble, active, running free
Cognates
- N. lhain “free(d)” ✧ Ety/LEK
Derivations
- ᴹ√LEK “loose, let loose, release” ✧ Ety/LEK
Element in
- Ilk. Legolin ✧ Ety/LEK
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LEK > legol [leklā] > [lekla] > [legla] > [legl] > [legol] ✧ Ety/LEK
An Ilkorin adjective meaning “nimble, active, running free” developed from the root ᴹ√LEK, an element in the river name Legolin (Ety/LEK). It probably developed from a primitive form ✱✶leklā: after the [[ilk|primitive final [a] was lost]], the resulting [[ilk|final [l] became syllabic and developed into [-ol]]], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/legol).
Conceptual Development: Tolkien did not revise the river name Legolin after abandoning the Ilkorin language, so it is possible he reconceived this word as Sindarin. Its phonetic development from ✱✶leklā would have produced the same result in Noldorin/Sindarin.