Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Gnomish

nith

noun. wax

A noun for “wax” in Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶nēgittĕ (GL/60).

Cognates

  • Eq. neite “wax” ✧ GL/60; GL/60

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶nēgittĕ ✧ GL/60; GL/60
    • ᴱ√NEHE “*honey” ✧ GL/59

Element in

  • G. nitha “a candle” ✧ GL/60
  • G. nithla “candlestick” ✧ GL/60

sinthi

pronoun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SI(N) “this here by me” ✧ GL/68

thel

noun. [unglossed]

thil

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SILI “*gleam”

gatha

?. [unglossed]

@@@ form does not appear elsewhere and similar forms are not relevant

nîr

noun. woman

Cognates

  • Eq. “woman” ✧ GL/60

thail

noun. [unglossed]

Cognates

  • Eq. saile “[unglossed]” ✧ GL/72

thelg

noun. [unglossed]

thion

noun. [unglossed]

thrim

?. [unglossed]

thû-

verb. [unglossed]

ulthanc

noun. [unglossed]

clidhron

noun. [unglossed]

Cognates

  • Eq. qilde “quiet, rest, hush” ✧ GL/23

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√qḷd > clidhron[kwḷðron] > [kḷðron] > [kliðron]✧ GL/23

noun. [unglossed]

sind

noun. [unglossed]

trum

?. [unglossed]

brid-

verb. [unglossed]

Derivations

Element in

  • G. bridol “changing, varying, variable”

dôn

?. [unglossed]

Derivations

tûn

noun. [unglossed]

praust

noun. [unglossed]

climbol

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TELE “cover in; close; finish”

Element in

Variations

  • Climbol ✧ PE13/104

beb

adverb. [unglossed]

Element in

pad

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PATA “*rap, tap” ✧ GL/63

prog

noun. [unglossed]

rab-

verb. [unglossed]

noun. [unglossed]

Variations

  • ✧ GG/14 ()

umeg

?. [unglossed]

’ôs

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OSO “*enclosure” ✧ QL/041