Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : RILI

?ᴱ√RILI root. “*circle, ring”

⚠️?ᴱ√RILI root. “*circle, ring”: √KOR “round; [ᴱ√] be round, roll”; √RIL “brilliant (light), brilliance, [ᴹ√] glitter”

A hypothetical root to explain words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s like G. grail “ring, circle, circlet” and G. grileg “ringed, hooped shape” (GL/42). In later writings, √RIL meant “brilliant”.

Derivatives

> G. grail “ring, circle, circlet”
- ⇒ G. grileg “ringed, hooped shape” ✧ GL/42
- ⇒ G. grilthi “finger-ring” ✧ GL/42
  - ⇒ G. lemfarilt “ring” ✧ GL/53