nertë

cardinal. nine

nertë cardinal "nine" (NÉTER, VT42:26, VT48:6); nertëa ordinal "ninth" (VT42:25)

nertë

cardinal. nine

Cognates

• S. neder “nine” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06
• T. neter “nine” ✧ VT48/06

Derivations

• ✶neter(e) “nine” ✧ PE17/095; VT42/26
  • √NETER “nine”

Element in

• Q. ne(re)sta “one ninth”
• ᴺQ. neterquain “ninety”
• ᴺQ. neterquëan “ninety”
• Q. neterquë “nineteen”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶net-er > nerte	[netere] > [netre] > [nerte]	✧ PE17/095
✶netere > nerte	[netere] > [netre] > [nerte]	✧ VT42/26

Variations

• nerte ✧ PE17/095; VT42/26; VT48/06

huë

cardinal. nine

huë "Qenya" cardinal "nine" (in Tolkiens later Quenya nertë) (VT49:54)

olma

cardinal. nine

olma cardinal "nine" (LT1:258; in Tolkien's later Quenya nertë)

neder

cardinal. nine

neder

cardinal. nine

Cognates

• Q. nertë “nine” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06

Derivations

• ✶neter(e) “nine” ✧ PE17/095
  • √NETER “nine”

Element in

• ᴺS. nederphaen “ninety”
• S. nedrui “ninth” ✧ VT42/25
• ᴺS. paeneder “nineteen”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶net-er > neder	[netere] > [neter] > [neder]	✧ PE17/095

neder

card

_ card. _nine. Q. nerte. >> cae, caen-

er

card

_ card. _one. Q. er. >> min, tad

nel

card

_ card. _three. Q. nelde. Fcan, canad, neledh

eneg

card

_ card. _six. Q. enque, enc-. >> odog

canad

card

_ card. _four. Q. canta. >> can, leben

leben

card

_ card. _five. Q. lepen, lempe. >> eneg

cae

card

_ card. _ten. Q. cea. >> caen-, mimp. This gloss was rejected.

can

card

_ card. _four. Q. canta. >> canad, leben

min

card

_ card. _one. Q. min. >> er, tad

tad

card

_ card. _two. Q. atta. Fnel, neledh

tad

card

card. two. . This gloss was rejected.

caen-

card

_ card. _ten. Q. cainen. >> cae, mimp. This gloss was rejected.

odog

card

_ card. _seven. Q. otos. >> tolod

tolod

card

_ card. _eight. Q. tolto. >> neder

neder

cardinal. nine

neder;

neder

nine

;

nedrui

ninth

neter

cardinal. nine

Cognates

• Q. nertë “nine” ✧ VT48/06

neter

root. nine

A root for “nine” introduced in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/NÉTER), replacing earliest words for “nine” such as ᴱQ. olme(t) and ᴱQ. hue from the 1910s and 20s. The root continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writings, and in his notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s he explored several possible origins for this root: connected to the finger name Q. nettë “little girl” derived from the root √NET “dainty” (VT47/33), based on the counting term Q. nete “one more” as in “nete, nete, nete, 10” (VT47/15-16), or simply as an independent invention of its own (VT47/12).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I think it is easiest to assume √NETER its own root without any deeper etymology.

Derivatives

• ✶neter(e) “nine”
  • Q. nertë “nine” ✧ PE17/095; VT42/26
  • S. neder “nine” ✧ PE17/095
• ᴺS. nederph “nineteen”
• S. nerthui “ninth”

Variations

• net-er ✧ VT42/24
• neter- ✧ VT47/11
• neter ✧ VT47/12; VT47/15; VT47/16; VT47/33

neter(e)

cardinal. nine

Derivations

• √NETER “nine”

Derivatives

• Q. nertë “nine” ✧ PE17/095; VT42/26
• S. neder “nine” ✧ PE17/095

Variations

• net-er ✧ PE17/095
• neter ✧ PE21/71
• netere ✧ VT42/26

neder

cardinal. nine

neder

cardinal. nine

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nerte “nine” ✧ Ety/NÉTER

Derivations

• ᴹ√NETER “nine” ✧ Ety/NÉTER

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NÉTER > neder	[netere] > [neter] > [neder]	✧ Ety/NÉTER