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Qenya 

ornelie

collective name. Tree-folk

Quenya equivalent of Galadrim in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/239), a compound of orne “tree” and lie “folk”.

Cognates

Elements

WordGloss
orne“(high isolated) tree”
lie“people, folk”

Variations

  • Ornelië ✧ TI/239; TII/Galadrim
Qenya [TI/239; TII/Galadrim] Group: Eldamo. Published by

alda

noun. tree

Cognates

  • N. galadh “tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD; Ety/GALAD; LR/041; PE22/047; SD/302
  • Ilk. gald “tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GALAD “tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD; Ety/GALAD
    • ᴹ√GAL “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA
  • ᴹ✶galadā “tree” ✧ SD/302
    • ᴹ√GALAD “tree”
    • ᴹ√GAL “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GÁLAD > alda[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]✧ Ety/GALAD
ᴹ√GÁLAD > alda[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]✧ Ety/GALAD
ᴹ✶galadā > Alda[galadā] > [galdā] > [ɣaldā] > [aldā] > [alda]✧ SD/302

Variations

  • Alda ✧ LR/041; SD/302
  • ’alda ✧ PE22/047; PE22/051
Qenya [Ety/GALAD; LR/041; PE22/021; PE22/022; PE22/047; PE22/051; PE22/116; PE22/124; PE22/125; SD/302; TMME/182] Group: Eldamo. Published by