An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. helda/N. hell “naked”, ᴹQ. helma “skin, fell” and N. helf “fur” (Ety/SKEL). The root was initially given as ᴹ√SKAL, and various forms had a >> e after ᴹ√SKAL >> ᴹ√SKEL (EtyAC/SKEL).
Middle Primitive Elvish
rim
root. abound; large number
Changes
RHIMB→ RIMB ✧ Ety/ÓROTRIM-→ RIM- “number, plenty” ✧ PE21/57Derivatives
Variations
- RIMB ✧ Ety/ÓROT
- RHIMB ✧ EtyAC/ORO (
RHIMB)- RIM- ✧ PE21/57 (
RIM-); PE21/57
ringi
root. cold
Changes
RINGĀ→ RINGI ✧ Ety/RINGIDerivatives
- Ilk. ring “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” ✧ Ety/RINGI
- ᴹQ. ringe “cold, cold, *chill” ✧ Ety/RINGI; EtyAC/RINGI
- ᴹQ. ringwe “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” ✧ Ety/RINGI
- N. rhim “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” ✧ Ety/RINGI
- On. ringe “cold” ✧ Ety/RINGI; EtyAC/RINGI
- N. rhing “cold” ✧ Ety/RINGI; EtyAC/RINGI
Element in
- N. Mithrim “*Mist Lake” ✧ Ety/MITH
Variations
- RINGĀ ✧ EtyAC/RINGI (
RINGĀ)
skel
root. *strip
Changes
SKAL→ SKEL ✧ Ety/SKELDerivatives
- ᴹ✶skelmā “skin, fell” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
- ᴹ✶skelnā “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
- ᴹ✶skelta- “to strip” ✧ Ety/SKEL
- ᴹQ. helda “naked, stripped bare” ✧ Ety/SKAL¹
- ᴺQ. helet “fur, fur-coat”
- N. heleth “fur, fur-coat” ✧ Ety/SKEL
- N. helf “fur, fur, *hide” ✧ Ety/SKEL
- N.
halath“skin, fell” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL- On.
skhalta-“to strip” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL
- N. heltha- “to strip, to strip, flay, peel skin; to despoil, make bare” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL
Element in
- N.
haldir“fur-hunter” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL (haldir)Variations
- SKAL ✧ EtyAC/SKEL (
SKAL)
lī
noun. number
Derivations
- ᴹ√LI “many; large people” ✧ Ety/LI
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. -li “plural (suffix)” ✧ PE21/19
Variations
- LĪ ✧ EtyAC/LI
lin
root. pool
Derivatives
Element in
ub
root. abound
Derivatives
Variations
- UB ✧ Ety/UB
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “abound” with derivatives such as ᴹQ. rimbe/N. rhim “crowd, host” (Ety/RIM). A likely precursor to this root appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as ᴱ√‘(A)ṚM(A)R and ᴱ√‘ṚMṚ with a Gnomish form ᴱ√grimri· (QL/32), indicating the actual primitive form was ✱ᴱ√ƷṚMṚ. Derivatives of this early root include ᴱQ. arm- “gather, collect” and G. grim “host, folk”, the last of these the likely precursor to N. rhim.
The root ᴹ√RIM also appeared in Primitive Quendian Structure: Final Consonants from 1936, glossed “host, large number” >> “number, plenty” (PE21/57). Quenya and Sindarin forms Q. rimbë and S. rim continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writing (Let/382; PE17/50; UT/318), so it is likely the root √RIM remained valid, especially given the prevalence of suffix -rim in Sindarin collective names.