N. thûl n. “breath” (Category: to Breathe; Breath)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “breath” derived from the root ᴹ√THŪ “puff, blow” (Ety/THŪ). As written in The Etymologies, the actual form was thūl (EtyAC/THŪ).
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien gave G. fest “breath, breathing” (GL/35), likely derived from the early root ᴱ√ǶEHE “breathe” (QL/41) with ƕ becoming f.
References ✧ Ety/THŪ; EtyAC/THŪ
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| ᴹ√THŪ > thūl | [tʰūle] > [θūle] > [θūl] | ✧ Ety/THŪ |