Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : hel-

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] ^hel- v. “to freeze (of water)” (Category: to Freeze)

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] ^hel-, v. “to freeze (of water)” (Category: to Freeze)

See ᴱQ. hilk- for discussion.

^hel- “to freeze (of water)” vs. Q. niqu- “to be chill, cold, freeze (of weather), snow”

Element In

ᴺQ. !helina “frozen”

Cognates

ᴺS. hel- “to freeze”

Derivations

< √KHEL “ice, [ᴹ√] freeze”

ᴱQ. hilk- v. “to freeze” (Category: to Freeze)

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as ᴱQ. hilkin “it freezes” based on the early root ᴱ√HḶKḶ, a variant of ᴱ√HELE (QL/39).

Neo-Quenya: Since there is no sign of ᴱ√HḶKḶ in Tolkien’s later writings, I think it is best is adapt this verb as ᴺQ. hel- “freeze” based directly on the later root √KHEL of ice words. Since the root is ice-related, I’d limit the meaning of this verb to the freezing of water and similar substances. For freezing weather, I’d use Q. nicu-.

References ✧ LT1A/Helkar; QL/39

Inflections

hilkin	present 1st-sg	“it freezes”	✧ QL/39
hilkin	present 3rd-sg	“it freezes”	✧ LT1A/Helkar

Cognates

G. hel- “to freeze” ✧ LT1A/Helkar
G. heltha- “to freeze, congeal (tr.)”

Derivations

< ᴱ√HELE “*freeze” ✧ LT1A/Helkar; QL/39 (HḶKḶ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√HḶKḶ > hilkin

[xḷk-] > [xilk-] > [hilk-]

✧ QL/39