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Middle Primitive Elvish

rim

root. abound; large number

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.

Changes

  • RHIMBRIMB ✧ Ety/ÓROT
  • RIM-RIM- “number, plenty” ✧ PE21/57

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶rimbā “frequent, numerous” ✧ Ety/RIM
    • ᴹQ. rimba “frequent, numerous” ✧ Ety/RIM
    • On. rimba “frequent, numerous” ✧ Ety/RIM
    • N. rhem “frequent, numerous” ✧ Ety/RIM
  • ᴹ✶rimbē “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
    • ᴹQ. rimbe “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
    • On. rimbe “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
    • N. rhim “crowd, host” ✧ Ety/RIM
  • Q. rimbë “host, great number, host, great number, [ᴹQ.] crowd”
  • S. rim “host, great number, people (of one kind or origin), host, great number, people (of one kind or origin), [N.] crowd”

Variations

  • RIMB ✧ Ety/ÓROT
  • RHIMB ✧ EtyAC/ORO (RHIMB)
  • RIM- ✧ PE21/57 (RIM-); PE21/57
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ÓROT; Ety/RIM; EtyAC/ORO; EtyAC/RIM; PE21/57] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ringi

root. cold

Changes

  • RINGĀRINGI ✧ Ety/RINGI

Derivatives

  • 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)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MITH; Ety/RINGI; EtyAC/RINGI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

skel

root. *strip

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).

Changes

  • SKALSKEL ✧ Ety/SKEL

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶skelmā “skin, fell” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
    • ᴹQ. helma “skin, fell, skin, fell, *hide” ✧ Ety/SKEL
    • ᴹQ. halma “skin, fell” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL
    • N. helf “fur, fur, *hide” ✧ Ety/SKEL
  • ᴹ✶skelnā “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
    • ᴹQ. helda “naked, stripped bare” ✧ Ety/SKEL
    • ᴹQ. halla “naked” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL
    • On. skhella “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
    • N. hell “naked, naked, *stripped” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
  • ᴹ✶skelta- “to strip” ✧ Ety/SKEL
    • ᴺQ. helta- “to strip, bar, peel; *to despoil, denude”
    • N. heltha- “to strip, to strip, flay, peel skin; to despoil, make bare” ✧ 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)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SKAL¹; Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. number

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LI “many; large people” ✧ Ety/LI

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. -li “plural (suffix)” ✧ PE21/19

Variations

  • ✧ EtyAC/LI
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lin

root. pool

Derivatives

  • Ilk. line “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
  • ᴹ√LINKWI “*wet” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
    • ᴹQ. linqe “wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
    • N. lhimmid(a)- “to moisten” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
    • N. lhimp “wet” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
  • ᴹQ. linya “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
  • N. lhîn “pool” ✧ Ety/KHIS; Ety/LIN¹

Element in

  • ᴹ✶ailin “pool, lake” ✧ Ety/AY
  • ᴹQ. ailin “pool, lake” ✧ Ety/LIN¹
  • N. Oelinuial “Pools of Twilight” ✧ Ety/KHIS
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ub

root. abound

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶ubrā “abundant” ✧ Ety/UB
    • N. ovor “abundant” ✧ Ety/UB
  • ᴹQ. úve “abundance, great quantity” ✧ Ety/UB
  • N. ovra- “to abound” ✧ Ety/UB

Variations

  • UB ✧ Ety/UB
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