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Gnomish

moth

noun. sheep

A noun for “sheep” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {mô >>} moth (GL/58), likely derived from the early root ᴱ√MAWA “cry, bleat” that was the basis for “sheep” words in Early Qenya (QL/060).

Changes

  • mô → moth “sheep” ✧ GL/58
  • mô → moth “sheep” ✧ LT1/247

Cognates

  • Eq. moa “sheep”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MAWA “‽cry, bleat”

Element in

  • G. uimoth “whale, (lit.) sheep of the waves” ✧ LT1/247; LT1A/Uin
  • G. mathron “herd, herdsman, shepherd”
  • G. mothweg “shepherd” ✧ GL/58; LT1A/Uin
  • G. moth(in) “1000; †flock” ✧ GL/58

Variations

  • mô ✧ GL/58 (mô); LT1/247 (mô)
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moth(in)

noun. 1000; †flock

Changes

  • moth → moth(in) “1000” ✧ GL/58

Variations

  • mothwen ✧ GL/58
  • moth ✧ GL/58 (moth); LT1A/Uin
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mothwen

noun. 1000; †flock

math

noun. dusk

Cognates

  • Eq. maske “dusk” ✧ QL/059

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MAÞA “dusk” ✧ LT2A/Umboth-muilin

Element in

  • N. Math-Fuin-delos “Deadly Nightshade”
  • G. mathusgi “twilight” ✧ GL/56; LT2A/Mathusdor
  • G. mathwen “evening” ✧ GL/56; LT2A/Mathusdor
  • G. nuimath “‘second twilight’, first signs of dawn” ✧ GL/61
  • G. obromath “the twilight that follows the night, ‘second twilight’, just before dawn” ✧ GL/62
  • G. mathrin “dusk, dusky” ✧ GL/56; LT2A/Mathusdor
Gnomish [GL/56; GL/61; GL/62; LT2A/Mathusdor; LT2A/Umboth-muilin; QL/059] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fufril

noun. moth

A noun appearing as G. fufril “moth” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/36).

Neo-Sindarin: The etymology of G. fufril isn’t clear, but could be derived from an early root ✱ᴱ√FUVU. I prefer to adapt this as a Neo-Root ᴺ√PHUM rather than ᴺ√PHUV/PHUB, since derivatives of ᴺ√PHUM would preserve the base vowel u. Thus I would adapt this word as ᴺS. fyvril “moth” < ✱phumril with i-affection; perhaps the final element is a feminine suffix as seen in N. thlingril “spider”. Admittedly this is all a very loose adaptation.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FUVU “moth”

cwelm

noun. dusk

eilin

noun. pool

nîn

noun. pool

An archaic noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “pool” (GL/60), almost certainly derived from the early root ᴱ√NENE (QL/65).

Cognates

  • Eq. nénu “yellow water lily”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NENE “flow”

Element in

  • G. ninion “water lily” ✧ GL/60