√PHIM root. “*slender, slim”
A root from Tolkien’s later writings explaining the initial element in the name S. Fimbrethil “Slender Princess” (PE17/23), elsewhere “Wandlimb” (LotR/475), “slender-beech” (LotR/1131), or “slim-birch” (LotR/1131).
References ✧ PE17/23, 181
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ᴱ√FILI root. “fine, thin”
A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “fine, thin” and having derivatives like ᴱQ. filwa “fine, thin” and ᴱQ. filqe “fern” (QL/38), the latter with a Gnomish counterpart G. fileg “fern” (GL/35). A probable “last gasp” for this root is the word ᴹQ. filet (filek-) “cobweb” from the early 1930s with a deleted gloss “fern” (PE21/33), but there are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s writing after that point.
Reference ✧ QL/38 ✧ “fine, thin”
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