Eldamo : Gnomish : climli

G. climli n. “heaven, sky” (Category: Sky, Heavens)

⚠️G. climli, n. “heaven, sky” (Category: Sky, Heavens): N. #ell “sky”; S. menel “the heavens, firmament, region of the stars”

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “heaven, sky”, derived from the root ᴱ√tel- (GL/26). It is likely related to ᴱQ. telimbo “canopy, often used = sky” (QL/90), where the initial tel- became tl- and then tl- became cl-.

Reference ✧ GL/26 ✧ “heaven, sky”

Cognates

ᴱQ. telimbo “canopy; sky”

Derivations

< ᴱ√TELE “cover in; close; finish” ✧ GL/26 (tel)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√tel > climli

[telimbo] > [tlimbo] > [tlimb] > [tlim] > [klim] ? [klimli]

✧ GL/26