A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips of the 1910s glossed “family, etc.” of unclear derivation, though it may be related to G. eithog “ancestor, †father, sire” (PE13/113).
Gnomish
nost
noun. birth; blood, high birth; birthday
Changes
nort→ nost ✧ GL/61Derivations
- ᴱ√NŌ “become, be born”
Element in
- G. Nost-na-Lothion “Birth of Flowers” ✧ LT2A/Duilin
- G. nosteg “birth” ✧ GL/61
Variations
- nort ✧ GL/61 (
nort)
baur
noun. house
Derivations
- ᴱ✶mbāră ✧ PE13/116; PE13/116
Variations
- bawr ✧ PE13/116
eithlos
noun. family
renni
noun. family
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a family”, derived from the early root ᴱ√redh- having to do with kin (GL/65).
Derivations
- ᴱ√REÐE “kinsman” ✧ GL/65
gwaren
noun. family
gwarin(n)
noun. family
The word G. {gwaren >>} gwarin(n) “family” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶ŋuarenđā (GL/44). It was a combination of G. gwa- “together” and G. renni “family” (GL/65), but it is not clear why the e became i in the compound.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would adapt this word as ᴺS. gwaren as a combination of later prefix gwa- “together” and the Neo-Root ᴺ√RE(N)D “kin”. Furthermore, I would use it specifically for a nuclear family (just the parents and children), as opposed to S. nos(s) which seems to refer to an extended family or clan.
Changes
gwaren→ gwarin(n) ✧ GL/44Derivations
- ᴱ✶ŋuarenđā “family” ✧ GL/44
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶ŋuarenđā > gwarin(n) [ŋʷarenðā] > [ŋgʷarenðā] > [gʷarenðā] > [gʷarenða] > [gʷarenda] > [gʷarenna] > [gʷaren] > [gʷarin] ✧ GL/44 Variations
- gwaren ✧ GL/44 (
gwaren); GL/65- gwarin ✧ GL/65
A word appearing as G. {nort >>} nost in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with three distinct meanings: “birth”, “blood = high birth” and “birthday”, though the last sense also applied to the word G. {noss >>} nôs (GL/61). It is clearly based on the early root ᴱ√NŌ “become, be born” (QL/66). G. nosteg seems to be an adjectival variant in the phrase dana nosteg “birthday = ✱day of birth” (GL/61)
Neo-Sindarin: The usual Neo-Sindarin word for “birth” is ᴺS. onnad, gerund of the verb onna- “✱to give birth”; I’m not sure who coined this neologism, but it has been in use for some time.