Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : LAS¹

√LAS¹ root. “leaf”

√LAS¹ root. “leaf”

This root was connected to leaves throughout Tolkien’s life. It did not appear directly in the Qenya or Gnomish lexicons of the 1910s, but *ᴱ√LASA “leaf” is implied by ᴱQ. lasse and G. lass “leaf” (QL/51; GL/52). ᴹ√LAS¹ appeared directly in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the derivatives ᴹQ. lasse and N. lhass (Ety/LAS¹), and the root √LAS “leaf” was also mentioned in Tolkien’s later writings (PE17/77; VT39/9).

References ✧ PE17/77, 153; VT39/9

Glosses

“leaf” ✧ PE17/77; PE17/153

SLAS “ear” ✧ PE17/77

Derivatives

> Nan. las “leaf”
- ⇒ Nan. Legolas “Greenleaf” ✧ Let/382
⇒ Nan. Legolas “Greenleaf” ✧ PE17/153
> ✶lassē “leaf” ✧ PE17/153; VT39/9
- ⇒ ✶lassiē “*leafness”
  - ⇒ ✶gwa-lassiē “foliage” ✧ Let/282
    - > Q. olass(i)ë “foliage, collection of leaves” ✧ Let/282; PE17/84
      - ⇒ Q. Laicolassë “Green-foliage” ✧ PE17/56
    - > S. golas “foliage, collection of leaves” ✧ Let/282; PE17/84
      - ⇒ S. Golasgil
      - ⇒ S. Laegolas “Green-foliage” ✧ Let/282; PE17/84; PE17/159
- > Q. lassë “leaf” ✧ Let/282; PE19/106; PE19/106; VT39/9
  - ⇒ 17 compounds
- > S. lass “leaf”
  - ⇒ 12 compounds

ᴹ√LAS¹ root. “*leaf”

See √LAS¹ for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/KWEL, LAS¹

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶lassē¹ “leaf” ✧ Ety/LAS¹
- ⇒ ᴹ✶lassekwelēne “leaf-fading” ✧ Ety/LAS¹
  - > N. lhasbelin “leaf-fall, autumn” ✧ Ety/LAS¹; EtyAC/KWEL; EtyAC/KWEL
- > ᴹQ. lasse “leaf” ✧ Ety/LAS¹; PE21/9
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. lassekanta “leaf-shaped”
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. lasselanta “leaf-fall, autumn; October” ✧ Ety/LAS¹
- > N. lhass “leaf” ✧ Ety/LAS¹
  - ⇒ 6 compounds
⇒ N. lhasbelin “leaf-fall, autumn” ✧ Ety/KWEL

?ᴱ√LASA root. “*leaf”

See √LAS¹ for discussion.

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. lasse “leaf; petal”
- ⇒ 9 compounds
> ᴱQ. losse “rose; (white) flower”
- ⇒ 5 compounds
> G. glôs “flower, best of anything; blooming time, acme, floruit”
> G. lass “leaf; petal”
- ⇒ 7 compounds
> G. lôs “flower”
- ⇒ 11 compounds