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).
Gnomish
fufril
noun. moth
Derivations
- ᴱ√FUVU “moth”
moth
noun. sheep
Changes
mô→ moth “sheep” ✧ GL/58mô→ moth “sheep” ✧ LT1/247Cognates
- Eq. moa “sheep”
Derivations
- ᴱ√MAWA “‽cry, bleat”
Element in
Variations
- mô ✧ GL/58 (
mô); LT1/247 (mô)
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
mothwen
noun. 1000; †flock
moth(in)
noun. 1000; †flock
Changes
moth→ moth(in) “1000” ✧ GL/58Variations
- mothwen ✧ GL/58
- moth ✧ GL/58 (
moth); LT1A/Uin
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
cwelm
noun. dusk
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.