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lhimlug

noun. fish-dragon, sea-serpent

Noldorin [Ety/370, X/LH] lim+lhûg. Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhimlug

noun. fish-dragon, sea-serpent

A noun appearing as N. lhimlug “fish-dragon, sea-serpent” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of N. lhim “fish” and N. lhûg “dragon” (Ety/LOK).

Neo-Sindarin: Since the unvoicing of initial liquids did not occur in Sindarin, many people adapt this word as ᴺS. limlug for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. lingwilóke “fish-dragon, sea-serpent” ✧ Ety/LOK

amlug

noun. dragon

Noldorin [Ety/349, Ety/370] Group: SINDICT. Published by

amlug

noun. dragon

Cognates

Elements

WordGloss
am-“snake”
lhûg“dragon”
Noldorin [Ety/ANGWA; Ety/LOK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lhûg

noun. dragon

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. lóke “dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LOK “great serpent, dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK

Element in

  • N. amlug “dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK
  • N. lhimlug “fish-dragon, sea-serpent” ✧ Ety/LOK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LOK > lhûg[lōke] > [lūke] > [lūk] > [l̥ūk] > [l̥ūg]✧ Ety/LOK