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Noldorin
neth
feminine name. Nessa
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Nessa “*Young” ✧ Ety/NETH; Ety/NĪ¹
Derivations
- ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹
Element in
- N. Dineth “Nessa” ✧ Ety/NETH
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NETH > Neth [nettʰā] > [nettʰa] > [neθθa] > [neθθ] > [neθ] ✧ Ety/NĪ¹
neth
adjective. young
Cognates
- ᴹQ. nessa “young” ✧ Ety/NETH
Derivations
Element in
- N. dineth “bride” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NIS
- N. Neth “Nessa” ✧ Ety/NETH
- N. Nethwelein “Younger Gods”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶nethra > neth [netʰra] > [neθra] > [neθr] > [neθ] ✧ Ety/NETH
neth
adjective. young
dineth
feminine name. Nessa
A Noldorin name for Nessa appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, it is simply dineth “bride” used as a name (Ety/NĪ¹, NETH, EtyAC/NDIS).
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Nessa “*Young” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹
Elements
Word Gloss dineth “bride” Variations
- Di-neth ✧ EtyAC/NDIS
thêl
noun. sister
A word for “sister” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√THEL or THELES of the same meaning, with an irregular plural thelei (Ety/THEL). It had a more elaborate form muinthel, the equivalent of muindor “(dear) brother”, with an initial element muin “dear”.
Neo-Quenya: In notes from the late 1960s, Tolkien introduced a new word nethel for “sister” from the root √NETH (VT47/14). However, I think thêl and related words might be retained to mean a “metaphorical sister”, a close female associate who may or may not be related by blood, as with such words as gwathel “[sworn] sister, associate”. In this paradigm, I would assume muinthel still refers to a sister by blood, with an added connotation of strong affection. I think it’s best to assume the irregular Noldorin plural pattern was reformed to the normal Sindarin plural thîl.
Cognates
- ᴹQ. seler “sister” ✧ Ety/THEL
Derivations
Element in
- N. muinthel “sister” ✧ Ety/THEL
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. thele > thêl [θele] > [θel] > [θēl] ✧ Ety/THEL
nem
noun. nose
A word for “nose” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, with archaic form nemb and derived from ᴹ√NEÑ-WI (Ety/NEÑ-WI), an elaboration of the shorter root ᴹ√NEÑ (EtyAC/NEÑ-WI). The mb is a result of the Old Noldorin change of labialized velars into labials (ñw > ñgw > mb), a sound change that also occurred in Sindarin.
Conceptual Development: Similar but earlier “nose” words include G. nûn {“a nostril” >>} “a nose (of men only)” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/61) and ᴱN. {nheth >>} neth “nose” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/151).
Cognates
- ᴹQ. nengwe “nose” ✧ Ety/NEÑ-WI
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶NEÑ-WI > nemb > nem [neŋwi] > [neŋgwi] > [neŋgwe] > [nembe] > [nemb] > [nemb] > [nemm] > [nem] ✧ Ety/NEÑ-WI
muinthel
noun. sister
gwathel
noun. sister, associate
gwîn
adjective. young
Changes
gwîn→ bîn ✧ EtyAC/GWINCognates
- ᴹQ. vinya “young, new” ✧ EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/WIR
Derivations
- ᴹ√WIN “new, fresh, young” ✧ EtyAC/GWIN; EtyAC/WIR
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√GWIN > bîn [gwinje] > [binje] > [binie] > [bini] > [bin] > [bīn] ✧ EtyAC/GWIN ᴹ√WINI > gwîn [winje] > [gwinje] > [gwinie] > [gwini] > [gwin] > [gwīn] ✧ EtyAC/WIR Variations
- bîn ✧ EtyAC/GWIN (
bîn)- gwîn ✧ EtyAC/GWIN (
gwîn); EtyAC/WIR
muinthel
noun. sister
nem
noun. nose
nemb
noun. nose
thêl
noun. sister
Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Nessa appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, derived from the same primitive root ᴹ√NETH (Ety/NETH, NĪ¹). Given its Quenya form, the primitive form of this name might have been ✱✶netthā.