Eldamo : Gnomish : fluim

G. fluim n. “(black) smoke, reek” (Category: Smoke)

⚠️G. fluim, n. “(black) smoke, reek” (Category: Smoke): N. osp “smoke”

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “(black) smoke, reek”, for which Tolkien said “compare to {ful- >>} fol-” (GL/35), which in my opinion is a reference its root form ᴱ√FOLO, but could also just be a reference to forms like G. foltha-, which itself had a reference back to fluim (GL/36).

References ✧ GL/35-36

Glosses

“(black) smoke, reek” ✧ GL/35

fluim “(black) smoke, reek” cp. ᴱ√fol- ✧ GL/35
foltha- “to emit smoke, smoulder, reek” cp. fluim ✧ GL/36

Derivations

< ᴱ√FOLO “*smoke, reek” ✧ GL/35 (fol-)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√fol- > fluim

[ɸoloim] > [foloim] > [floim] > [fluim]

✧ GL/35