N. mûl n. “slave, thrall” (Category: Slave)
A noun meaning “slave” or “thrall”, from primitive ᴹ✶mōl derived from the root ᴹ√MŌ having to do with “labour” (Ety/MŌ). In Noldorin, a primitive long [ō] became [ū] (PE18/96; PE19/91).
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, one word for “slave” was G. guinir, apparently an agental form of the adjective guin² “possessed”. The suffix -(n)ir was usually limited to feminine word, so perhaps this word was exclusively female.
Another word for “slave” or “servant” was G. drog (GL/31), and the word ᴱN. drog “slave” reappeared in the Early Noldorin word lists of the 1920s (PE13/142, 155). This word was derived from primitive ᴱ✶norokā́ > *nrokā after which the initial [nr] becoming [dr] (GL/31), though at this stage its relationship to other roots is unclear.
Neo-Sindarin: This form did not appear in Tolkien’s later writings as Sindarin, but its Quenya cognate mól did, along with its primitive form and its root (VT43/31).
Reference ✧ Ety/MŌ ✧ “slave, thrall”
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| ᴹ✶mōl- > mûl | [mōlǝ] > [mōl] > [mūl] | ✧ Ety/MŌ |
ᴱN. drog n. “slave” (Category: Slave)
References ✧ PE13/142, 155-156
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| #dhrog | soft-mutation; d-mutation | “slave” | ✧ PE13/156 |
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G. drog n. “slave, thrall, servant” (Category: Slave)
Reference ✧ GL/31 ✧ “slave, thrall, servant”
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| ᴱ✶norokā́ > drog | [noroka] > [nroka] > [nrok] > [ndrok] > [ndrog] > [drog] | ✧ GL/31 |