Eldamo : Noldorin : celw

N. celw n. “spring, source” (Category: Spring, Well)

⚠️N. celw, n. “spring, source” (Category: Spring, Well): ᴺS. ^celu “spring, source; ⚠️[G.] rill, stream, runlet”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as N. celw “spring, source” derived from the root ᴹ√KEL “go, run (especially of water), flow away downhill” (Ety/KEL). A similar form G. celu appeared in Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s beside variant celwin, but there it had the gloss “rill, stream, runlet” (GL/25).

Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to Neo-Sindarin, this word would be ᴺS. celu as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD).

Reference ✧ Ety/KEL ✧ “spring, source”

Element In

N. Kelufain “?White Source”

Cognates

ᴺQ. !celwë “spring, source”

Derivations

< ᴹ√KEL “flow, flow away (downhill), run (of water or rivers), run away especially downwards or at end” ✧ Ety/KEL

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√KEL > celw

[kelwe] > [kelw] > [kelu]

✧ Ety/KEL

G. celu n. “rill, stream, runlet” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)

See N. celw for discussion.

References ✧ GL/25

Glosses

“rill, stream, runlet” ✧ GL/25

Variations

celu ✧ GL/25
celwin ✧ GL/25

Cognates

ᴱQ. kelu(me) “stream; fountain, spring”

Derivations

< ᴱ√KELE “flow, run; ooze, trickle”