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

noun. dwelling, house

A word for “dwelling, house” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/66), likely related to ᴱQ. “dwelling, village” derived from the early root ᴱ√RU’U (QL/80).

Cognates

  • Eq. “dwelling, village, hamlet”

Derivations

Element in

  • G. ruin “inhabited, tilled” ✧ GL/66

noun. mystery

rûm

noun. secret, mystery

Variations

  • rû² ✧ GL/66 (rû²)
  • ✧ LT1A/Rúmil
Gnomish [GL/66; LT1/248; LT1A/Rúmil] Group: Eldamo. Published by

târ

noun. horn

Cognates

  • Eq. taru “horn” ✧ LT2A/Taruithorn

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TARA “*horn”

Element in

  • G. socthor “a drinking-horn” ✧ GL/68
  • G. sogridâr “a drinking-horn” ✧ GL/68
  • G. tarog “ox” ✧ GL/69; LT2A/Taruithorn
  • G. taru “horned” ✧ GL/69 (taru)
Gnomish [GL/68; GL/69; LT2A/Taruithorn] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-vran

suffix. dwelling

A suffixal form of G. brann (GL/24); see S. barthan for discussion.

Cognates

Variations

  • -vron ✧ GL/24

-vron

suffix. dwelling

lin

noun. sound

Gnomish [LT1A/Lindelos] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cwist

noun. secret

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QISI “*whisper”

mugwen

adjective. secret

Changes

  • mugummugwen ✧ GL/58

Variations

  • mugum ✧ GL/58 (mugum)

gwast

noun. dwelling

A noun for “dwelling” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√[[ep|ŋwa[ð]-]] (GL/47).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ŊWAÐA “tarry, linger” ✧ GL/47

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ŋwa- > gwast[ŋʷaðt] > [ŋgʷaðt] > [gʷaðt] > [gʷaðt]✧ GL/47