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ᴹ√NUS root. “sense, wisdom”

ᴹ√NUS root. “sense, wisdom; *sense of smell”
ᴱ√FAWA “smell”

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sense, wisdom”, with the derivative ON. nuhina > N. noen “wise, sensible” (EtyAC/NUS). This is probably a later iteration of unglossed ᴱ√NUSU from the Qenya Lexicon with variant ᴱ√NUFU, both with derivatives having to do with “*the act of smelling” such as ᴱQ. nuste “sense of smell” and ᴱQ. nuvu- “smell, sniff at” (QL/68). Derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon also had to do with “smell”, but there were also words like G. nus- “take notice, perceive” and G. nusimos “sagacity” (GL/61). Hence the early root was also connected to the meanings “perceptive” and “wise”. The verb ᴹQ. nusta- “smell” from the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s indicates Tolkien’s later conception of the root was also still connected to “(sense of) smell”.

Reference ✧ EtyAC/NUS ✧ “sense, wisdom”

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ᴱ√NUFU root. “*smell”

See ᴹ√NUS for discussion.

References ✧ QL/68

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ᴱ√NUSU root. “*smell”

See ᴹ√NUS for discussion.

References ✧ GL/59; QL/68

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