Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : OY

√OY root. “ever, continual, unceasing”

√OY root. “ever, continual, unceasing”: ᴱ√OYO “*poor”; ᴱ√OẎO “salve, rub, oil”

This root first appeared as ᴹ√OY “ever, eternal” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/OY), replacing roots ᴹ√GEY, ᴹ√EY, and ᴹ√ƷEI̯ of similar meaning (Ety/GEY, EY; EtyAC/ƷEI̯). It had derivatives like ᴹQ. oi/N. ui “ever” and ᴹQ. oira/N. uireb “eternal” (Ety/OY). It was an element in the name ᴹQ. Oiolosse “(Mount) Ever White” (LR/209), though when Tolkien first coined this name it was ᴹQ. Ialasse (SM/81), as reflected in Tolkien’s vacillations on the proper form of the root. After settling on √OY, he stuck with it thereafter, and this root and primitive form appeared a number of times in his later writings (PE17/69; Let/278).

References ✧ PE17/69, 170-171

Glosses

“ever, continual, unceasing” ✧ PE17/69 (OI̯O); PE17/170 (OI̯O)

Variations

OY ✧ PE17/69; PE17/171 (‽OY)
OI̯O ✧ PE17/69; PE17/170

Derivatives

> ✶oio “ever”
- > S. ui “ever” ✧ Let/278
  - ⇒ S. Fanuilos “Bright (Angelic) Figure upon Uilos” ✧ Let/278
  - ⇒ S. Uilos “Ever-snow”
    - ⇒ S. Amon Uilos “Hill of Ever-snow”
    - ⇒ S. Fanuilos “Bright (Angelic) Figure upon Uilos” ✧ PE17/26; PE17/26; RGEO/66
  - ⇒ S. uilos “white flower like a star”
    - ⇒ S. Amon Uilos “Hill of Ever-snow” ✧ UT/55
> Q. oia(la) “everlasting, unceasing, without end, for ever” ✧ PE17/69
- ⇒ Q. oialë “forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity” ✧ PE17/59; PE17/74
  - ⇒ [see above]
> Q. oialë “forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity” ✧ PE17/69
- ⇒ Q. oialëa “eternal” ✧ PE17/59
> Q. oi(o) “ever, everlastingly; an endless period” ✧ PE17/69
- ⇒ 8 compounds
⇒ Q. Oiolossë “Ever (Snow) White” ✧ PE17/69
- ⇒ Q. Oron Oiolossë “Mount Everwhite” ✧ WJ/403

ᴹ√OY¹ root. “ever, eternal”

See √OY for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/EY, GEY, OY

Glosses

“ever, eternal” ✧ Ety/OY

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶oiyā “everlasting” ✧ Ety/OY
- > ᴹQ. oia “everlasting” ✧ Ety/OY
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. Oiakúma ✧ Ety/OY
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. Oiolosse “Everlasting Whiteness” ✧ Ety/OY
> ᴹQ. oi “ever” ✧ Ety/OY
> ᴹQ. oiale “everlasting age” ✧ Ety/OY
> ᴹQ. oira “eternal” ✧ Ety/OY
> ᴹQ. oire “everlasting (?age)” ✧ Ety/OY
> N. uir “eternity” ✧ Ety/OY
- ⇒ N. uireb “eternal” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/OY
- ⇒ ᴺS. !anuir “forever, everlastingly, eternally, in eternity”
- ⇒ S. Aranuir
> ON. #uigo “everlasting” ✧ Ety/OY
- > N. ui¹ “ever” ✧ Ety/OY
  - ⇒ 5 compounds
- ⇒ ON. Uigolosse “Everlasting snow” ✧ Ety/OY
  - > N. Uilos “Everlasting Snow” ✧ Ety/OY
    - ⇒ N. Amon Uilos ✧ Ety/OY
    - ⇒ N. Hebel Uilos “White Mountains”

ᴹ√GEY root. “ever, everlasting”

See √OY for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/EY, GEY; EtyAC/EY, ƷEI̯

Glosses

“ever, lasting” ✧ EtyAC/EY (EI̯)
“everlasting” ✧ Ety/EY (EY); Ety/GEY (GEY)
“everlasting, ever” ✧ EtyAC/ƷEI̯ (ƷEI̯)

Variations

GEY ✧ Ety/GEY
EY ✧ Ety/EY
EI̯ ✧ EtyAC/EY
ƷEI̯ ✧ EtyAC/ƷEI̯

Changes

EY “everlasting” >> OY ✧ Ety/EY
GEY “everlasting” >> OY ✧ Ety/GEY
EI̯ “ever, lasting” >> EY “everlasting” ✧ EtyAC/EY

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶geiā “ever” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY
- > ᴹQ. ia “ever” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. Ialasse “Everlasting Whiteness”
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. iale “everlasting age” ✧ Ety/GEY
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. Iolosse ✧ Ety/EY
⇒ ᴹ✶Geigolosse “ever-snow” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY
- > ᴹQ. Iolosse ✧ Ety/GEY
- > N. Guilos “ever-snow” ✧ Ety/GEY
- > N. Uilos “Everlasting Snow” ✧ Ety/EY
  - ⇒ N. Amon Uilos ✧ Ety/OY
  - ⇒ N. Hebel Uilos “White Mountains”
> ᴹQ. íra “eternal” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY
> ᴹQ. íre³ “eternal, eternity?” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY
> N. guir “eternity” ✧ Ety/GEY
- ⇒ N. guireb “eternal” ✧ Ety/GEY
> N. ui¹ “ever” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY
- ⇒ 5 compounds
> N. uir “eternity” ✧ Ety/EY
- ⇒ N. uireb “eternal” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/OY
- ⇒ ᴺS. !anuir “forever, everlastingly, eternally, in eternity”
- ⇒ S. Aranuir