Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : GṚÞṚ

ᴱ√GṚÞṚ root. “*admire, have affection for”

⚠️ᴱ√GṚÞṚ root. “*admire, have affection for”: √MEL “love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)”

A root in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as gṛþ- replacing deleted kṛþ- with derivatives having to do with care and affection (GL/42). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, and N. garth had the meaning “fort, fortress” in the 1930s (Ety/ƷAR|GARAT) making it likely this root was abandoned.

References ✧ GL/42

Variations

gṛþ- ✧ GL/42
kṛþ- ✧ GL/42

Changes

kṛþ- >> gṛþ- ✧ GL/42

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. karda- “to admire, have affection or respect for” ✧ GL/42
> G. garth “beloved”
> G. gartha- “to admire, have affection or respect for” ✧ GL/42
> G. grith “care, attention, affection” ✧ GL/42
- ⇒ G. Ilfrith “Dear Heart” ✧ GL/50
> G. grith- “to attend to, tend, care, care for, mind” ✧ GL/42
- ⇒ G. grithonwed “thoughtful, careful; unselfish” ✧ GL/42