lehe

root. half

lehe

root. come, be sent, approach

Derivations

• ᴱ√ELE “drive, push, thrust, send forth” ✧ QL/052

Derivatives

• Eq. lehta- “to ride, move (tr.)”
• Eq. lé- “to come, be sent, approach”
• G. lentha- “to come towards speaker, approach, draw near”
• G. lent “near, close to, up by, along side of; (c. dat.) at, towards, up to side of; therewith, with it, withal”
• G. len “come, arrived”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√ELE > LEHE	[lexxe-] > [lehe-]	✧ QL/052

Variations

• LEHE ✧ QL/052

lehe

root. *smooth

A root implied by entries the Gnomish Lexicon such as ᴱ✶leχa > G. lech/ᴱQ. lea “smooth, slippery”, ᴱ✶leχ-rā > G. lethrin “smooth, slippery, peril(o)us”, and ᴱ✶leχ-sa > G. lais “green sward, glade” (GL/53). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

• ᴱ✶leχa
  • Eq. lea “smooth, slippery” ✧ GL/53
  • G. lech “smooth, slippery” ✧ GL/53
• ᴱ✶leχ-rā
  • G. lethrin “slippery, peril(o)us” ✧ GL/53
• ᴱ✶leχ-sa “green sward, glade”
  • G. lais “green sward, glade” ✧ GL/53
• Eq. lé “a sward, glade”
• G. lech “smooth place; slide”

Variations

• lech ✧ GL/52

lefe

root. half