Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : ger

ᴺS. [G.] ger n. “ore, [unrefined] metal” (Category: Metal)

ᴺS. [G.] ger, n. “ore, [unrefined] metal” (Category: Metal)

See G. ger for discussion.

Derivations

< ^ᴺ√GYEREN “ore, [unrefined] metal”

G. ger n. “ore, metal” (Category: Metal)

A word appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as G. ger “ore, metal” related to ᴱQ. yere(n) “pig iron” (GL/38; QL/105), since in Gnomish ancient initial y became g.

Neo-Sindarin: In a 2024-08-17 post in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), Luinyelle suggested restoring ᴺQ. yeren “pig iron” with the added meaning “*ore”, which also implies the preservation of ᴺS. [G.] ger “ore, [unrefined] metal”. Presumably these words would be derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√GYEREN of similar meaning.

Reference ✧ GL/38 ✧ “ore, metal”

Element In

G. gersauth “mine” ✧ GL/38
G. gerd(h)olm “mine” ✧ GL/38 (gerdolm)
G. gerin “metallic” ✧ GL/38

Cognates

ᴱQ. ere(n) “iron, steel” ✧ GL/38 (ĕrĕ(n))
ᴱQ. yere(n) “pig iron” ✧ GL/38 (yĕrĕ(n))

Derivations

< ᴱ√YERE(NE) “*iron” ✧ GL/38 (yĕrĕ(n))

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√yĕrĕ(n) > ger

[jere] > [gere] > [ger]

✧ GL/38