Eldamo : Sindarin : sûl

S. sûl n. “wind” (Category: Wind)

S. sûl, n. “[strong] wind, *gust” (Category: Wind)

A noun for “wind” appearing in names like Amon Sûl, derived from the root √SŪ “blow, move with audible sound (of air)” (NM/237; PE17/124).

Conceptual Development: A precursor to this word is G. saul “great wind” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/67), derived from the early root ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Súlimo; QL/86).

Neo-Sindarin: Given its connection to the sound of wind, I think sûl would be used mostly for strong or noisy wind, including (but not limited to) gusts of wind, as opposed to more ordinary (and less noisy) gwae “wind”. This notion is supported by its Gnomish precursor G. saul “great wind”.

References ✧ NM/237; PE17/15, 124; SA/sûl

Glosses

“wind” ✧ NM/237; SA/sûl

Variations

sûl ✧ NM/237; SA/sûl
sūl ✧ PE17/15; PE17/124

sûl “wind” vs. gwae “wind”
Q. súlimë “third month of the year” ✧ SA/sûl
Q. Súlimo ✧ SA/sûl

Element In

S. Amon Sûl “Weathertop, (lit.) Hill of the Wind” ✧ SA/sûl

Cognates

Q. súrë “wind, breeze” ✧ PE17/124 (sūre)

Derivations

< √SŪ “blow, move with audible sound (of air)” ✧ NM/237; PE17/124
< ✶sūli “wind”

Phonetic Developments

√sū > sûl	[sūl] > [sūle] > [sūl]	✧ NM/237
√SŪ > sūl	[sūli] > [sūle] > [sūl]	✧ PE17/124

G. saul n. “great wind” (Category: Wind)

See S. sûl for discussion.

References ✧ GL/67; LT1A/Súlimo

Glosses

“a great wind” ✧ GL/67; LT1A/Súlimo

saul “a great wind” cp. su- ✧ GL/67

Element In

G. Solmoth “Lord of Winds” ✧ GL/67 (†saulmoth); LT1A/Súlimo (†Saulmoth)

Derivations

< ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff”