Primitive elvish
phob
root. *fool
Derivatives
- ᴺS. fôf “fool”
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Early Primitive Elvish
fofo Speculative
root. *fool
Derivatives
- G. fôf “fool”
✱ᴱ√FOVO or ✱ᴱ√FOBO is a hypothetical root serving as the basis for words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s such as G. fôf “fool” and G. fofrin “foolish” (GL/35). I think it is worth retaining as a (Sindarin-only?) Neo-Eldarin root ᴺ√PHOB “fool” to salvage these early words.