Q. mól n. “slave” (Category: Slave)
A noun meaning “slave” or “thrall”, from primitive ✶mōl derived from the root √MŌ having to do with “labour” (VT43/31; Ety/MŌ).
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s the word for “slave” or “servant” was ᴱQ. virt or vartyo, derived from the root ᴱ√VṚTYṚ “serve” (QL/102). In the two variants, either the short syllabic [ṛ] became [ir] before palatalized [tʲ], or long syllabic [ṝ] became [ar]. This word appeared as an element in the name ᴱQ. Virtinoldor “Thrall-Noldoli” for those Noldor enslaved by Melko(r) in the early tales (PE14/9).
In the Gnomish Lexicon from the same period, another Qenya word for “slave” or “servant” was given as ᴱQ. norka derived from primitive ᴱ✶norokā́ (GL/31), though its relationship to other roots is unclear.
The form ᴹQ. mól first appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s, already having the derivation given above (Ety/MŌ). This word also appeared in Tolkien’s later writings from the 1950s (VT43/31). A later term for "Slave Noldorin” was ᴹQ. Mólanoldorin (Ety/MŌ; LR/177), a strong indication that mól replaced Early Qenya virt.
Reference ✧ VT43/31 ✧ mōl “slave”
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| ✶mō-l > mōl | [mōl] | ✧ VT43/31 |
ᴹQ. mól n. “slave, thrall” (Category: Slave)
Reference ✧ Ety/MŌ ✧ “slave, thrall”
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| ᴹ✶mōl- > mól | [mōl] | ✧ Ety/MŌ |
ᴱQ. norka n. “slave, thrall, servant” (Category: Slave)
Reference ✧ GL/31 ✧ “slave, thrall, servant”
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| ᴱ✶norokā́ > norka | [norokā] > [noroka] > [norka] | ✧ GL/31 |
ᴱQ. virt (virty-) n. “servant, slave” (Category: Servant)
References ✧ QL/102
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| virty- | stem | ✧ QL/102 |
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| ᴱ√VṚT͡YṚ > virt | [βṛtʲǝ] > [βṛtʲ] > [vṛtʲ] > [virtʲ] > [virt] | ✧ QL/102 |
| ᴱ√VṚT͡YṚ > vartyo | [βṝtʲō] > [βṝtʲo] > [vṝtʲo] > [vartʲo] | ✧ QL/102 |