Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : IÞI

ᴱ√IÞI root. “*(light) snow”

⚠️ᴱ√IÞI root. “*(light) snow”

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as √ISI² with derivatives having to do with “light snow” and Gnomish variants ith- and gith- indicating the true primitive form *(Ʒ)IÞI (QL/43). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

References ✧ LT1A/Isil; QL/43

Variations

ISI ✧ LT1A/Isil; QL/43
ith- ✧ LT1A/Isil; QL/43
gith- ✧ LT1A/Isil; QL/43

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. is “light snow” ✧ LT1A/Isil; QL/43
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Issemindon ✧ PE13/104
> ᴱQ. Isil ✧ LT1A/Isil; QL/43
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Isil Inwe
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Isilmo ✧ LT1A/Isil; QL/43
> ᴱQ. iska “pale white” ✧ LT1A/Isil; QL/43
- ⇒ ᴱQ. iskane “pallor” ✧ QL/43
> G. Githil ✧ QL/43
- ⇒ G. Gim Githil ✧ PE13/99
- ⇒ G. Githilma ✧ GL/39; LT1A/Isil
- ⇒ G. Inwithiel ✧ GL/39; GL/39
> G. ith¹ “fine snow” ✧ LT1A/Isil
- ⇒ G. Thlim Ith Mindon “*Folk of the Tower of Snow” ✧ PE13/104