Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : LIT

ᴹ√LIT root. “*(fine) grit”

ᴹ√LIT root. “*(fine) grit”

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives ᴹQ. litse/N. lith “sand” (Ety/LIT). Elsewhere N. lith was translated “ash” (TI/208), so perhaps the meaning of the root was something like “*(fine) grit”. Tolkien’s continued use of S. lith “ash” indicates its ongoing validity (RC/765; SA/lith).

References ✧ Ety/LIT, PHAU

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶litse “sand” ✧ Ety/LIT
- > ᴹQ. litse “sand” ✧ Ety/LIT
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !litsëa “sandy; granular, gritty”
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !litsëon “sandstone”
- > ON. litthe “sand” ✧ Ety/LIT
  - > N. lith “sand” ✧ Ety/LIT
    - ⇒ N. Fauglith “Thirsty Sand” ✧ Ety/LIT
      - ⇒ [see above]
    - ⇒ N. Lithlad “Plain of Ash”
    - ⇒ N. lithui “ash[en]”
      - ⇒ N. Eredlithui “Ash Mountains”
⇒ N. Fauglith “Thirsty Sand” ✧ Ety/PHAU
- ⇒ N. Dor-na-Fauglith “Land of (Gasping) Thirst” ✧ Ety/PHAU
> ᴺQ. !littë “ash”
> S. lith “ash”
- ⇒ 5 compounds