nîdh

noun. honeycomb

nîdh

noun. honeycomb

Changes

• nēdh → nīdh ✧ EtyAC/NEG

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nehte “honeycomb” ✧ EtyAC/NEG

Derivations

• ᴹ✶negdē ✧ EtyAC/NEG
  • ᴹ√NEG “*honey” ✧ EtyAC/NEG

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶negdē > nīdh	[negdē] > [nēdē] > [nīdē] > [nīde] > [nīðe] > [nīð]	✧ EtyAC/NEG

Variations

• nīdh ✧ EtyAC/NEG
• nēdh ✧ EtyAC/NEG (nēdh)

glî

noun. honey

glî

noun. honey

A word for “honey” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶g-lisi under the root ᴹ√LIS of the same meaning (Ety/LIS).

Conceptual Development: In Early Noldorin Word-lists Tolkien also had ᴱN. glí “honey” (PE13/144), presumably similarly derived from the early root ᴱ√LISI. However, in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the word for “honey” was G. neglis with an initial element √neg- (GL/59), the Gnomish equivalent of the early root ᴱ√NEHE that was the basis for ᴱQ. nekte “honey” (QL/65). It is possible that the second element of G. neglis was based on ᴱ√LISI and this was carried forward into later “honey” words.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. lis “honey” ✧ Ety/LIS

Derivations

• ᴹ✶glisi “honey” ✧ Ety/LIS
  • ᴹ√LIS “honey” ✧ Ety/LIS

Element in

• ᴺS. glidheb “like honey”
• N. megli “bear, (lit.) honey-eater”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶g-lisi > glî	[glisi] > [glihi] > [glih] > [glīh] > [glī]	✧ Ety/LIS

peich

noun. juice, syrup

saw

noun. juice

saw

noun. juice

A noun in The Etymologies of the late 1930s glossed “juice” from the root ᴹ√SAB of the same meaning (Ety/SAB).

Conceptual Development: G. gwâs “juice” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s is a possible precursor (GL/44).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. sáva “juice” ✧ Ety/SAB

Derivations

• On. sōba “juice” ✧ Ety/SAB
  • ᴹ√SAB “juice” ✧ Ety/SAB

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. sōba > saw	[sǭba] > [souba] > [souva] > [sauva] > [sauv] > [sau]	✧ Ety/SAB
On. sōba > sui	[sǭbi] > [soubi] > [souvi] > [sauvi] > [suiv] > [sui]	✧ Ety/SAB

meglin

adjective. honey-eater, bear-like