nus

root. sense, wisdom, sense, wisdom; *sense of smell

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sense, wisdom”, with the derivative ON. nuhina > N. noen “wise, sensible” (EtyAC/NUS). This is probably a later iteration of unglossed ᴱ√NUSU from the Qenya Lexicon with variant ᴱ√NUFU, both with derivatives having to do with “✱the act of smelling” such as ᴱQ. nuste “sense of smell” and ᴱQ. nuvu- “smell, sniff at” (QL/68). Derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon also had to do with “smell”, but there were also words like G. nus- “take notice, perceive” and G. nusimos “sagacity” (GL/61). Hence the early root was also connected to the meanings “perceptive” and “wise”. The verb ᴹQ. nusta- “smell” from the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s indicates Tolkien’s later conception of the root was also still connected to “(sense of) smell”.

Derivatives

• ᴺQ. nus “smell”
• ᴹQ. nusta- “to smell [something]”
• ᴺQ. nustë “sense of smell”
• ᴺS. nosta- “to smell”
• ᴺS. nuicha- “to take notice, perceive; *(orig.) to smell [something]”
• On. nuhina “wise, sensible” ✧ EtyAC/NUS
  • N. noen “wise, sensible” ✧ EtyAC/NUS; PE22/040; PE22/040

ñol-

noun. smell

Derivations

• ᴹ√ÑOL “smell (intr.)” ✧ EtyAC/A

Element in

• ᴹ✶oññol- “strong smell” ✧ EtyAC/N

Variations

• ñol ✧ EtyAC/N