N. glî n. “honey” (Category: Honey)
A word for “honey” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶g-lisi under the root ᴹ√LIS of the same meaning (Ety/LIS).
Conceptual Development: In Early Noldorin Word-lists Tolkien also had ᴱN. glí “honey” (PE13/144), presumably similarly derived from the early root ᴱ√LISI. However, in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the word for “honey” was G. neglis with an initial element √neg- (GL/59), the Gnomish equivalent of the early root ᴱ√NEHE that was the basis for ᴱQ. nekte “honey” (QL/65). It is possible that the second element of G. neglis was based on ᴱ√LISI and this was carried forward into later “honey” words.
Reference ✧ Ety/LIS ✧ “honey”
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| ᴹ✶g-lisi > glî | [glisi] > [glihi] > [glih] > [glīh] > [glī] | ✧ Ety/LIS |
ᴱN. glí n. “honey” (Category: Honey)
Reference ✧ PE13/144 ✧ “honey”
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