Earliest Elvish name for the Wetwang appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/268), a combination of palath “surface” and otherwise unattested nenui “wet”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.38).
Noldorin
nen
noun. water
nen
noun. water (used of a lake, pool or lesser river)
nen
noun. waterland
nen-uinel
place name. Nen-uinel
nen echui
place name. Water of Awakening
nen fimred
place name. Hoardale, Wolfdale, Entishdale
nen girith
place name. Shuddering Water
palath nenui
place name. Wetwang
lhuien
place name. Lhuien
Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Lórien appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/LOS). It perhaps developed from a primitive form ✱✶Lōsien, where the [[on|intervocalic [s] became [h]]] and then this [[n|[h] vanished after vowels]], as opposed to Quenya where the [s] became [r].
adwen
noun. [unglossed]
borth
?. [unglossed]
celon
noun. river
clei
?. [unglossed]
coen
?. [unglossed]
diragas
?. [unglossed]
duirro
noun. river-bank
lhorn
noun. quiet water
lhorn
noun. anchorage, harbour
mauth
?. [unglossed]
menwed
?. [unglossed]
nindalf
place name. Wetwang
nith
?. [unglossed]
nithrad
?. [unglossed]
níth
?. [unglossed]
porennin
?. [unglossed]
rhib-
verb. to flow like a (torrent ?)
The reading of the gloss is uncertain
siria-
verb. to flow
sirion
noun. great river
sîr
noun. river
sîr
noun. river
telwen
?. [unglossed]
Earlier name of Nen Hithoel in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/364). Its initial element seems to be nen “water”, but the meaning of its final element is unclear.