Eldamo : Neo-Primitive Elvish : BALAD

[ᴱ]^ᴺ√BALAD root. “worth, value”

[ᴱ]^ᴺ√BALAD root. “worth, value” [created by Elaran]

See ᴱ√VḶÐḶ for discussion.

Elements

√BAL	“power; powerful, mighty; have power”

Derivatives

⇒ ᴺQ. !imbalandë “equality”
> ᴺQ. !valasta- “to deserve, (lit.) be worthy”
> ᴺQ. valda “worth; worthy, dear”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !alcarvalda “honourable”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. valdëa “of moment, important”
> ᴺQ. ^valda- “to matter; to be of significance, worth, moment; *to cost”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. ^valdima “essential, imperative”
> ᴺS. !baladh “worth, importance”
> ᴺS. ^ball “worthy, important; ⚠️great, mighty”
> ᴺS. !balla- “to matter; to be of significance, worth, moment”

ᴱ√VḶÐḶ root. “*worth, value”

The unglossed root ᴱ√VḶŘḶ [VḶÐḶ] appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. valda “worth; worthy, dear” and ᴱQ. vildi- “it matters, is of significance, worth, moment” (QL/102). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon the primitive form was given as vḷd with derivatives like G. bâl “worthy, important; great, mighty” (GL/21, 23). ᴱN. balt “might” from the 1920s could be related (PE13/138). I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√BALAD “worth, value” as an elaboration on √BAL to serve as the basis for words having to do with worth, value and significance.

References ✧ GL/21, 23; QL/102

Variations

vḷd ✧ GL/21; GL/23
VḶŘḶ ✧ QL/102

Derivatives

> ᴱN. balt¹ “might”
> ᴱQ. valda “worth; worthy, dear” ✧ QL/102
- ⇒ ᴱQ. valdea “of moment, important” ✧ QL/102
> ᴱQ. vil(de) “matter, business, affair, thing” ✧ QL/102
- ⇒ ᴱQ. vildima “essential, imperative” ✧ QL/102
> ᴱQ. #vildi- “to matter; to be of significance, worth, moment” ✧ QL/102
- ⇒ ᴱQ. vildima “essential, imperative” ✧ QL/102
> G. bâl “worthy, important; great, mighty” ✧ GL/21; GL/23
- ⇒ G. †baldrin “mighty” ✧ GL/21
- ⇒ G. Belaurin ✧ GL/21