S. †Ell n. “Elf” (Category: Elf, Fairy)

S. †Ell, n. “Elf” (Category: Elf, Fairy)

References ✧ Let/281; PE17/141-142, 152; VT50/15, 19, 23; WJ/363-364, 377, 412

Glosses

• “an Elf” ✧ Let/281
• “elf, especially [?in the South]” ✧ PE17/141

Variations

• ell ✧ Let/281; PE17/141; PE17/141; WJ/363; WJ/364; PE17/141 (†ell); PE17/152 (†ell)
• elt ✧ PE17/141

Related

• ell- is possibly from ✶edlō ✧ WJ/364
• †Eldrim/Elrim is an [early] class-plural of Edhel “Elf” ✧ WJ/377
• ell “an Elf” is adapted after the return of the Noldor from Q. Elda “Elf” ✧ Let/281
• †ell is borrowed from Quenya Q. elda ✧ PE17/152
• †eledh “Elf” is archaic for ell “an Elf” ✧ Let/281

Inflections

El(d)rim	class-plural		✧ WJ/363
Eldrim/Elrim	class-plural		✧ WJ/364
†Eldrim/Elrim	class-plural		✧ WJ/377
Ellath	class-plural	“*Elves”	✧ VT50/19; VT50/23
eldrim	class-plural		✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; PE17/142
ellath	class-plural		✧ PE17/141
ellath	class-plural	“*Elves”	✧ VT50/15
ellir	plural		✧ PE17/141; PE17/142; PE17/152
El	prefix	“Elf”	✧ WJ/412
-el	suffix		✧ WJ/363; WJ/377
-el	suffix		✧ WJ/364: in some old compounds, especially personal names
-il	suffix plural		✧ WJ/363; WJ/364; WJ/377

Element In

• S. Aranel
• S. Elleth “Elf-maid” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/152 (elles); WJ/363
• S. Ellon “Elf-man” ✧ PE17/141; WJ/363
• S. †Glinnel “*Singer-elf”
• S. Laegel
• S. Lindel “Nando”
• S. Miniel “Vanyar”
• S. Aredhel² “Noble Elf” ✧ PE17/141 (Aerel)
• S. ar in Ellath epholar eno vi Eressai “*and the Elves (?remember) still in Eressëa” ✧ VT50/5
• S. Dúnedhel “West-Elf” ✧ PE17/141 (dúnel)
• S. Elladan “Elf-man” ✧ Let/281
• S. Elrohir “Elf-knight” ✧ Let/281
• S. Elrond “Star-dome” ✧ Let/281
• S. Elros “Star-foam” ✧ Let/281
• S. Elvellyn “Elf-friends, Elf-lovers” ✧ WJ/412
• S. i glinn hen agorer Edain mi Velerian, ach hí in Ellath îr ed epholar “*this song Men made in Beleriand, but now the Elves alone (?remember) it” ✧ VT50/5; VT50/5; VT50/5
• S. sí il chem en i Naugrim en ir Ellath thor den ammen “*now all (?hands) of the Dwarves and Elves will be (?against) to us” ✧ VT50/5

Cognates

• Q. Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” ✧ Let/281; WJ/362
• T. Ella “Elf” ✧ WJ/362

Derivations

• < ✶eledā “star-folk, of the stars” ✧ PE17/141 (eldā); WJ/360 (eldā)
  • < √EL “lo, behold; star” ✧ Let/281
• < Q. Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” ✧ PE17/141
  • < eld < elda ✧ PE17/141
  • < ✶edelō “one who goes, traveller, migrant, marcher” ✧ PE17/152 (edelā)
    • < eledā < edelā ✧ PE17/152
    • < √DEL¹ “walk, go, proceed, travel” ✧ WJ/360 (DELE); WJ/363
  • < ✶edelā “the fair” ✧ PE17/139; PE17/151
    • < √DEL² “*fair” ✧ PE17/151
  • < ✶eledā “star-folk, of the stars” ✧ Let/281; PE17/141; SA/êl (elda); WJ/360 (eldā); WJ/364 (elda); WJ/364 (eldī)
    • < -eld < elda ✧ WJ/364
    • < √EL “lo, behold; star” ✧ Let/281
  • < ✶elenā “connected with or concerning the stars” ✧ PE17/139; PE17/152
    • < ✶elen “star” ✧ PE17/139; PE17/139
      • < √EL “lo, behold; star” ✧ Let/281; PE17/67; VT42/11; WJ/360 (ELE)

Derivatives

• > S. Elleth “Elf-maid” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; PE17/152; WJ/363
  • ⇒ S. Haudh-en-Ellas ✧ PE17/97
  • ⇒ S. Haudh-en-Elleth “Mound of the Elf-maid” ✧ PE17/141; S/216; UTI/Haudh-en-Elleth
• > S. Ellon “Elf-man” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; WJ/363

Phonetic Developments

✶eldā > ell	[eldā] > [elda] > [elða] > [elð] > [ell]	✧ PE17/141
Q. elda > eld > †ell	[elda] > [elða] > [elð] > [ell]	✧ PE17/141
✶eldā > Ell-	[eldā] > [elda] > [elða] > [elð] > [ell]	✧ WJ/363