Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : -iof

ᴺS. [G.] -iof suf. “-bearing” (Category: to Bear, Carry)

ᴺS. [G.] -iof, suf. “-bearing” (Category: to Bear, Carry)

See G. -iof for discussion.

Derivations

< ᴹ√YAB “fruit”

G. -iof suf. “-bearing” (Category: to Bear, Carry)

A suffix in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. -iof “-bearing”, related to the verb G. gav- “produce, yield, bear fruit” and based on the early root ᴱ√ı̯aƀa [ẎAVA] (GL/38). It was used in words like G. codiof “nutbearing” (GL/26), so referred only the bearing of produce as opposed to burdens in general.

Neo-Sindarin: Since the root ᴹ√YAB survived in Tolkien’s later writing, this Gnomish suffix may be salvages as ᴺS. -iof “-bearing”.

Reference ✧ GL/38

gav- “produce, yield, bear fruit” cp. -iof ✧ GL/38

Element In

G. codiof “nutbearing” ✧ GL/38

Derivations

< ᴱ√ẎAVA “*fruit”