N. iûl n. “embers” (Category: Match, Fire Stick)
A noun for “embers” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√YUL “smoulder” and cognate to ᴹQ. yúla of the same meaning (Ety/YUL). It was marked ON. but should probably be N. as suggested by Hostetter and Wynne (EtyAC/YUL).
Conceptual Development: A form N. uilw “embers” appeared earlier in the same entry, but was deleted.
Neo-Sindarin: This word would become *ŷl if adapted directly to Neo-Sindarin, but the root √YUL was used for “drink” in later writings (PE17/63, 180; WJ/416). To avoid this conflict, I recommend adapting ᴹ√YUL “smoulder” as the Neo-Root ᴺ√YOL of the same meaning, which would allow the retention of this Noldorin word unchanged since it could be derived from *yōlā instead, where long [ō] became [ū] after [ju] became [ȳ] (probably).
Reference ✧ Ety/YUL ✧ ON. iûl “embers”
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
ᴹ√YUL > iûl | [jūla] > [jūl] | ✧ Ety/YUL |