ᴹ√NDOL root. “*head”
An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. nóla “round head, knoll” and N. dôl “head” (Ety/NDOL), the latter appearing in a large number of Noldorin and Sindarin names for hills. In the 1910s, the words ᴱQ. nóla “head, hill” and G. nôl “head” were derived from ᴱ√NOHO “extend”, making this the conceptual precursor to ᴹ√NDOL (QL/67; GL/61). On the other hand, in the 1910s the root ᴱ√NDOLO meant “delve” with derivatives like ᴱQ. noldare/G. doldrin “mole” and ᴱQ. nolmo/G. dolm “pit” (QL/65; GL/30). As for the later form of the root, the soft-mutated form -dhol in S. Fanuidhol “Cloudyhead” indicates the root might have become unstrengthened √DOL, or at least had an unstrengthened variant.
References ✧ Ety/MIZD, NDOL
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ᴱ√NDOLO root. “delve”
References ✧ GL/30; QL/65
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ᴱ√NOHO root. “extended”
References ✧ QL/66-67
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