Noldorin
lhimlug
noun. fish-dragon, sea-serpent
lhimlug
noun. fish-dragon, sea-serpent
Cognates
- ᴹQ. lingwilóke “fish-dragon, sea-serpent” ✧ Ety/LOK
amlug
noun. dragon
amlug
noun. dragon
Cognates
- ᴹQ. angulóke “dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK
Elements
Word Gloss am- “snake” lhûg “dragon”
lhûg
noun. dragon
Cognates
- ᴹQ. lóke “dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK
Derivations
- ᴹ√LOK “great serpent, dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LOK > lhûg [lōke] > [lūke] > [lūk] > [l̥ūk] > [l̥ūg] ✧ Ety/LOK
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).