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Early Quenya

nier

noun. (honey) bee

A word appearing as ᴱQ. nier (nies-) “honey bee” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶neχier under the early root ᴱ√NEHE that was the basis for “honey” and “bee” words (QL/65). It had a variant form nies (niess-). It appeared as nier “bee” in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/65), but in the Gnomish Lexicon it had the forms nier and nion derived from primitive ᴱ✶negeher and ᴱ✶negōn respectively.

Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writings, the root √NEG “ooze, drip” was still connected to “honey” (PE19/91). Thus I think this word might be salvaged as ᴺQ. nier “bee” derived from an ancient agental formation neger(ŏ), where ege > eʒe > ëe > ie (PE19/63).

Cognates

  • G. nio(s) “bee” ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Nielluin

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶nēgu ✧ GL/60
    • ᴱ√NEHE “*honey” ✧ GL/59
  • ᴱ✶negeher ✧ GL/60
    • ᴱ√NEHE “*honey” ✧ GL/59
  • ᴱ√NEHE “*honey” ✧ LT1A/Nielluin; QL/065

Element in

  • Eq. Nielluin “Bee of Azure, Blue Bee, Sirius” ✧ LT1A/Nielluin; QL/065
  • Eq. Nierninwa “Sirius, Blue bee” ✧ LT1A/Nielluin; QL/065
  • Eq. nierwes “hive” ✧ LT1A/Nielluin; QL/065

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶negōn > nion[negōn] > [neɣōn] > [neōn] > [nion]✧ GL/60
ᴱ✶negeher > nier[negexer] > [nier]✧ GL/60
ᴱ√NEHE > neχier > neier > nier[nexies] > [nexier] > [neɣier] > [neier] > [nier]✧ QL/065

Variations

  • nion ✧ GL/60
  • nies ✧ QL/065
Early Quenya [GL/60; LT1A/Nielluin; PME/065; QL/065] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nie

noun. tear

Cognates

  • G. nîn “tear” ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Nienna

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶nyeχie “tear” ✧ GL/60; QL/068
    • ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” ✧ GL/60; QL/068
    • ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” ✧ GL/59
  • ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” ✧ LT1A/Nienna
    • ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” ✧ GL/59

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶nı̯eχie > nie[nʲexiē] > [nʲexie] > [nʲeɣie] > [nʲeie] > [nʲie] > [nie]✧ GL/60
ᴱ✶nyeχie > nie[nʲexiē] > [nʲexie] > [nʲeɣie] > [nʲeie] > [nʲie] > [nie]✧ QL/068

Variations

  • nië ✧ LT1A/Nienna
  • níe ✧ MC/221
Early Quenya [GL/60; LT1A/Nienna; LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/077; PE16/143; PME/069; QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nies

noun. honey bee

nyére

noun. grief

Cognates

  • G. nîr “grief, sorrow” ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Mornië

Derivations

Element in

  • Eq. Mornie “Black Grief” ✧ LT1A/Mornië

Variations

  • nyēre ✧ GL/60
  • nyérë ✧ LT1A/Mornië
Early Quenya [GL/60; LT1A/Mornië] Group: Eldamo. Published by

piqis(se)

noun. grief

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PIQI “*bitter” ✧ QL/074

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√PIQI > piqis[pikʷiss] > [pikʷis]✧ QL/074

Variations

  • piqis ✧ QL/074
  • piqisse ✧ QL/074
Early Quenya [QL/074] Group: Eldamo. Published by