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

roth

noun. cave, grot

Cognates

  • Eq. rótele “cave” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ROTO “hollow” ✧ GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin

Derivatives

  • G. rothrin “hollow” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin

Element in

  • G. rothrin “hollow” ✧ GL/65
  • G. Rothwarin “Cavern-dwellers” ✧ GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin
Gnomish [GL/65; LT2A/Rothwarin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

osp(a)

noun. foam

A noun “foam” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants osp and ospa (GL/63), probably derived from the root ᴱ√Palas (QL/72).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PALAS “*foam, splash”

Element in

  • G. ospa- “to seethe, foam, spout” ✧ GL/63
  • G. ospoth “froth” ✧ GL/63

Variations

  • osp ✧ GL/63
  • ospa ✧ GL/63

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

grûda

noun. cave

pad

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PATA “*rap, tap” ✧ GL/63

praust

noun. [unglossed]

prog

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