Eldamo : Gnomish : giltha

G. giltha n. “white metal” (Category: Metal)

⚠️G. giltha, n. “white metal” (Category: Metal): S. celeb “silver”; S. mithril “Moria-silver, true-silver”

A general term for “white metal” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, originally the equivalent of G. celeb “silver” but expanded to include similarly colored metals like G. gais “steel” and G. ladog “tin” (GL/38). It was based on the early root ᴱ√Gil-.

References ✧ GL/27, 38; LT1A/Ilsaluntë, Ingil

Glosses

“white metal” ✧ GL/38; LT1A/Ilsaluntë; LT1A/Ingil

giltha “white metal” is properly [originally] the same as celeb “silver” ✧ LT1A/Ilsaluntë
giltha “white metal” as opposed to culu ✧ GL/38
†Culu “gold” also used mystically as a class name of all red and yellow metals, as of white and grey giltha ✧ GL/27

Element In

G. Gilthalont ✧ LT1A/Ilsaluntë
G. Gilthaluntha “Silvership” ✧ GL/38
G. Gilthavran “Hall of the Moon King” ✧ GL/38

Cognates

ᴱQ. ilsa “(mystic name of) silver” ✧ LT1A/Ilsaluntë

Derivations

< ᴱ√GILI “*shine (pale)” ✧ GL/38 (Gil-)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√Gil- > giltha

[giltā] > [gilta] > [gilθa]

✧ GL/38