Noldorin
telu
noun. dome, high roof
telu
noun. dome, high roof
Cognates
- ᴹQ. telume “vault, dome (of heaven)” ✧ Ety/TEL
Derivations
- ᴹ√TEL(U) “*roof” ✧ Ety/TEL
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√TELU > telu [telume] > [telume] > [telum] > [teluv] > [telu] ✧ Ety/TEL
tele
noun. end, rear, hindmost part
orthel-
verb. to roof, screen above
meth
noun. end
meth
noun. end
Derivations
Element in
- N. methen “end, final” ✧ Ety/MET
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶metta > meth [metta] > [mettʰa] > [meθθa] > [meθθ] > [meθ] ✧ Ety/MET
methen
adjective. end, final
brona-
verb. to last, to survive
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dome, high roof” under the root ᴹ√TEL(U), cognate to ᴹQ. telume “vault, dome (of heaven)” (Ety/TEL).
Conceptual Development: G. telm or telum was glossed “roof; sky” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, both derivatives of the root ᴱ√tel- “cover in; close; finish” (GL/70). ᴱN. telum “sky” appeared again in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/153), but by The Etymologies of the 1930s N. telu meant only “dome, high roof” (Ety/TEL), and its connection to “sky” seems to have been abandoned in Noldorin/Sindarin, though retained in Quenya telumë.