Stated to be an alteration of sell , remodelled after ion "son" (OS *jondo). It was "a change assisted by the loss of s in compounds and patronymics", hence the ending -iel in several feminine words
Noldorin
sell Archaic
noun. girl, maid
sell
noun. daughter
sell
noun. girl, maid (child)
iell
noun. daughter
iell
noun. girl, maid
iell
noun. daughter
banga-
verb. to trade, to trade, *sell
A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as {bactha- >>} banga- “trade” under the root ᴹ√MBAKH “exchange” (Ety/MBAKH).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. bag- “sell, trade” that Tolkien indicated was originally related to G. bad- “travel” (GL/21). Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. bag- {“sell” >>} “to sell, trade” (PE13/138).
Stated to be an alteration of sell , remodelled after ion "son" (OS *jondo). It was "a change assisted by the loss of s in compounds and patronymics", hence the ending -iel in several feminine words