Ossriandric
leikvir
collective name. Leikvir
Derivations
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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!
leikvir
collective name. Leikvir
Derivations
The name of the East Danians who remained beyond the Blue Mountains (LR/188). David Salo first suggested a connection of this name to an “Old Icelandic” style Elvish Language in 1996 (Tolklang/21.66): given the unusual combination [kv], it is very likely this name is from the East Danian language itself, since [[dan|non-initial [w] became [v] in East Danian]]. If so, its resemblance to primitive ᴹ✶laikwā cannot be a coincidence, since this was the source of their Quenya name Laiqendi “Green-elves”. According to the Comparative Tables, medial [kw] could become [kv] in East Danian (PE19/23). Those same tables also indicated that the primitive diphthong ✶[ai] would survive in that language (PE19/25), but perhaps Tolkien imagined a different development when he coined this name, so that: [ai] > [ei].