ndol

root. *head

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. nóla “round head, knoll” and N. dôl “head” (Ety/NDOL), the latter appearing in a large number of Noldorin and Sindarin names for hills. In the 1910s, the words ᴱQ. nóla “head, hill” and G. nôl “head” were derived from ᴱ√NOHO “extend”, making this the conceptual precursor to ᴹ√NDOL (QL/67; GL/61). On the other hand, in the 1910s the root ᴱ√NDOLO meant “delve” with derivatives like ᴱQ. noldare/G. doldrin “mole” and ᴱQ. nolmo/G. dolm “pit” (QL/65; GL/30). As for the later form of the root, the soft-mutated form -dhol in S. Fanuidhol “Cloudyhead” indicates the root might have become unstrengthened √DOL, or at least had an unstrengthened variant.

Derivatives

• Ilk. dol “head, *hill”
• ᴹQ. nóla “round head, knoll, round hilltop; summit, round head, knoll, round hilltop; summit, [ᴱQ.] top (only used of mountains etc.); crown of head” ✧ Ety/NDOL
• ᴺQ. nolpa “mole”
• S. dol(l) “head, hill”
• Ilk. Dolmed “Wet Head” ✧ Ety/NDOL
• ᴺS. dolph “mole”
• N. dolt “round knob, boss” ✧ Ety/NDOL
• On. ndolo “head” ✧ Ety/NDOL
  • N. dôl “head, hill” ✧ Ety/NDOL

Element in

• ᴹQ. Andolat ✧ Ety/NDOL
• Q. Russandol “Copper-top”
• Ilk. Dolmed “Wet Head” ✧ Ety/MIZD