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

sirp

noun. straw

A word appearing as G. sirp “straw” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s related to G. thripthon “stem” (GL/36, 73). It is likely a cognate of ᴱQ. sirpe “stem, stalk” and hence derived from the early root ᴱ√SIRIPI (QL/84).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I update this early root to ᴺ√THIRIP, so I would adapted this Gnomish was as ᴺS. thirph “straw” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.

fripthon

noun. stalk

Gnomish [GL/36; GL/73] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thrimp

noun. stalk

A noun appearing as G. thrimp “a stalk” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/73), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√SIRIP (QL/84).

Neo-Sindarin: I retain ᴺS. thrimp “stalk” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, based on an updated Neo-Root ᴺ√THIRIP to better fit Sindarin phonology.

thripthon

noun. stem

A noun for “stem” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/73), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√SIRIP (QL/84). It had a dialectical variant G. fripthon, but that word was glossed “stalk” (GL/36).

Gnomish [GL/36; GL/68; GL/73] Group: Eldamo. Published by