Ilk. gôl¹ n. “light” (Category: Light)
A (rejected?) Doriathrin noun for “light” derived from primitive ᴹ✶gālæ appearing in The Etymologies (Ety/KAL, EtyAC/KAL). According to Christopher Tolkien’s notes, it was part of a rejected etymology for the name Thingol, but it isn’t clear whether this noun was rejected or if it was just the etymology. Its long primitive vowel [ā] became [ō] as was the norm in Ilkorin.
References ✧ Ety/KAL; EtyAC/KAL
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| ᴹ✶gālæ > gôl | [gālæ] ? [gāla] > [gōla] > [gōl] | ✧ Ety/KAL |