Eldamo : Sindarin : balt

S. balt n. “force” (Category: Strong, Mighty, Powerful)

S. balt, n. “force, [ᴱN.] might” (Category: Strong, Mighty, Powerful)

A word for “force” appearing in notes on the Common Eldarin Article (CEA) from 1969 (PE23/136), clearly base on √BAL “power”.

Conceptual Development: The word ᴱN. balt “might” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists, initially glossed “a plain” (PE13/138). As suggested by the editors, the meaning “might” is probably connected to G. bâl (bald-) “worthy, important; great, mighty” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√vḷd (GL/21), while the meaning “plain” is probably connected to G. bladwen “a plain” (GL/23), which is likely based on the early root ᴱ√PALA or *ᴱ√BALA (QL/71).

Reference ✧ PE23/136 ✧ “force”

Derivations

< √BAL “power; powerful, mighty; have power”

ᴱN. balt¹ n. “might” (Category: Strong, Mighty, Powerful)

See S. balt for discussion.

Reference ✧ PE13/138 ✧ balt “might”

Derivations

< ᴱ√VḶÐḶ “*worth, value”

ᴱN. balt² n. “a plain” (Category: Plain, Field)

See ᴱN. balt¹ for discussion.

Reference ✧ PE13/138 ✧ balt “a plain”

Changes

balt “a plain” >> balt “might” ✧ PE13/138

Derivations

< ᴱ√PALA “flatness”