G. ress n. “cousin (f.), relative” (Category: Cousin)
G. ress appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as a word for a female cousin or relative based on the early root ᴱ√redh- (GL/65). It had poetic equivalents G. redhwin and redhir, which also appeared in the more elaborate forms G. goredhwin or goredhnir (GL/41). Two more variants, G. hethres and G. gedres (with deleted variant {gedhris}), referred to first and second female cousins respectively, with the prefixes G. heth (for close relation) and G. ged (a more distant relation) respectively (GL/38; GL/48).
Neo-Sindarin: I would retain ᴺS. ress as a Neo-Sindarin word for “female cousin or relative” as a derivative of the Neo-Root ᴺ√RE(N)D, but would abandon all the more elaborate variants. This form cannot be a direct result of ancient *red+se, so I think the ss is the result of analogy from other feminine forms like S. bess “wife”.
References ✧ GL/22, 36, 38, 48, 65
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G. gedres n. “second cousin (f.)” (Category: Cousin)
References ✧ GL/38, 48
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| ged | “kinsman†; friend, chum” | ✧ GL/38 |
| ress | “cousin (f.), relative” | ✧ GL/38 (#res) |
G. goredhwin n. “cousin (f.)” (Category: Cousin)
References ✧ GL/41, 65
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| gor-¹ | “all, altogether, quite” | ✧ GL/41 |
| †redhwin | “cousin [f.]” | ✧ GL/41 (#redhwin) |
G. hethres n. “first cousin (f.)” (Category: Cousin)
Reference ✧ GL/48 ✧ “first cousin (f.)”
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| †heth¹ | “brother or sister” | ✧ GL/48 (†heth¹) |
| ress | “cousin (f.), relative” | ✧ GL/48 (#res) |