G. hethrin adj. “of the same family (in a close sense), consanguine” (Category: Relative)
A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “of the same family (in a close sense), consanguine”, an adjectival form of archaic G. †heth “brother or sister” (GL/48). Tolkien specified that it described those “usually having both parents same, but also occasionally = having two grandparents alike”.
References ✧ GL/48
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| †heth¹ | “brother or sister” | ✧ GL/48 (†heth¹) |
| #-(r)in | “adjective suffix” | ✧ GL/48 (#-rin) |
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