A word for “sycamore” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, apparently noun form of G. blant “flat”, likely referring to its leaves and possibly a reduced form of G. mavlantos of the same meaning (GL/23).
Gnomish
mabinos gwilbriniol
noun. sycamore
mavlantos
noun. sycamore
Cognates
- Eq. mapalin “plane [tree], sycamore”
blantos
noun. sycamore
Cognates
- Eq. palapapte “*sycamore”
Element in
- G. mavlantos “sycamore” ✧ GL/23
A word appearing as G. mavlantos “sycamore” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, apparently a blending of G. mavlant “palm” and G. blantos “sycamore” (GL/23, 55). This word likely refers to the sycamore’s flat and palm-like leaves.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would adapt this word as ᴺS. mablanthos, a noun formation based on mâb and [ᴺS.] plant “flat”.