Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Gnomish

rog

masculine name. Rog

Changes

  • RôgRog ✧ LT2/203

Cognates

Variations

  • Rôg ✧ LT2/203 (Rôg)
Gnomish [LT2/203; LT2A/Rog; LT2I/Rog; PE13/104; SMI/Rog] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rôg

adjective. doughty, strong

Variations

  • rog ✧ GL/65; LT2A/Rog
Gnomish [GL/65; LT2A/Rog] Group: Eldamo. Published by

brog

noun. horse

Element in

Variations

  • Brog ✧ GL/24
Gnomish [GG/09; GL/24; GL/64] Group: Eldamo. Published by

prog

noun. [unglossed]

mair

noun. horse

An (archaic) word for “horse” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {mairog >>} mair, cognate to ᴱQ. mairo (GL/56), which appeared as ᴱQ. mairu in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MAẎA (QL/60).

Changes

  • mairogmair ✧ GL/56

Cognates

  • Eq. mairu “(horse) mane, flowing hair; charger” ✧ GL/56

Derivations

Element in

  • G. mairos “mane, long hair”

Variations

  • mairog ✧ GL/56 (mairog)

graug

noun. demon

Cognates

  • Eq. (a)rauke “demon, fiend” ✧ GL/42; LT1A/Balrog; PE13/099; QL/032

Derivations

Element in

  • G. Balrog “(Evil) Demon” ✧ GL/21; GL/42; LT1A/Balrog; QL/032

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ʒǝroukē > grôg[ɣǝroukē] > [gǝroukē] > [groukē] > [grōkē] > [grōk] > [grōg]✧ QL/032

Variations

  • grôg ✧ QL/032
Gnomish [GL/21; GL/42; LT1A/Balrog; PE13/099; QL/032] Group: Eldamo. Published by

beb

adverb. [unglossed]

Element in

brid-

verb. [unglossed]

Derivations

Element in

  • G. bridol “changing, varying, variable”

clidhron

noun. [unglossed]

Cognates

  • Eq. qilde “quiet, rest, hush” ✧ GL/23

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√qḷd > clidhron[kwḷðron] > [kḷðron] > [kliðron]✧ GL/23

climbol

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TELE “cover in; close; finish”

Element in

Variations

  • Climbol ✧ PE13/104

dôn

?. [unglossed]

Derivations

noun. [unglossed]

gatha

?. [unglossed]

@@@ form does not appear elsewhere and similar forms are not relevant

grôg

noun. demon

pad

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PATA “*rap, tap” ✧ GL/63

praust

noun. [unglossed]

rab-

verb. [unglossed]

noun. [unglossed]

Variations

  • ✧ GG/14 ()

sind

noun. [unglossed]

sinthi

pronoun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SI(N) “this here by me” ✧ GL/68

thail

noun. [unglossed]

Cognates

  • Eq. saile “[unglossed]” ✧ GL/72

thel

noun. [unglossed]

thelg

noun. [unglossed]

thil

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SILI “*gleam”

thion

noun. [unglossed]

thrim

?. [unglossed]

thû-

verb. [unglossed]

trum

?. [unglossed]

tûn

noun. [unglossed]

ulthanc

noun. [unglossed]

umeg

?. [unglossed]

’ôs

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OSO “*enclosure” ✧ QL/041