S. nimp adj. “pale, pallid, white” (Category: Light in Color)

S. nimp, adj. “pale, pallid, white; small and frail, [ᴱN.] wan, sickly” (Category: Light in Color)

G. heth² “white, pallid, wan”

References ✧ PE17/55, 168; SA/nim; VT48/18

Glosses

• “pale, pallid” ✧ PE17/55; PE17/168
• “small and frail” ✧ VT48/18
• “white” ✧ SA/nim (†nimf)

Variations

• nimp ✧ PE17/55; PE17/168; VT48/18
• †nimf ✧ SA/nim

Element In

• ᴺS. !nimmas “whiteness”
• S. Nimphelos “Pale ?Snow” ✧ PE17/168; SA/nim
• S. niphred “pallor” ✧ PE17/55; PE17/168; SA/nim

Cognates

• Q. ninquë “white; chill, cold; pallid” ✧ PE17/168

Derivations

• < √NIK(W) “(also of) snow, ice” ✧ PE17/168 (NIK)
• < ✶nimpĭ “small” ✧ VT48/18
  • < √NIP “small (usually with connotation of weakness)” ✧ VT48/18

Derivatives

• > S. nim “white” ✧ SA/nim
  • ⇒ 6 compounds

Phonetic Developments

√NIK > nimp	[niŋkwi] > [niŋkwe] > [nimpe] > [nimpʰe] > [nimɸe] > [nimfe] > [nimf] > [nimp]	✧ PE17/168
✶nimpĭ > nimp	[nimpi] > [nimpe] > [nimpʰe] > [nimɸe] > [nimfe] > [nimf] > [nimp] > [nimp]	✧ VT48/18

N. nimp (nim-) adj. “pale” (Category: Light in Color)

References ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Glosses

• “pale” ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Variations

• nimp ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Inflections

nim

stem

✧ Ety/NIK-W

Element In

• N. Ephel Nimrais
• N. Ered Nimras “White Mountains”
• N. Ered Nimrath “White Mountains”
• N. Nimbrethil
• N. Nimdil “White Horn”
• N. Nimloth “Pale Blossom”
• N. nínim “snowdrop”
• N. nimmid(a)- “to whiten” ✧ Ety/NIK-W (nimmid)

Cognates

• ᴹQ. ninqe “white” ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Derivations

• < ᴹ√NIK(W) “*snow; white” ✧ Ety/NIK-W (NIK-W)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√NIK-W > nimp

[niŋkwi] > [niŋkwe] > [nimpe] > [nimpʰe] > [nimɸe] > [nimfe] > [nimf] > [nimp] > [nimp]

✧ Ety/NIK-W

ᴱN. nimp adj. “wan, pale, sickly” (Category: Light in Color)

References ✧ PE13/151, 164

Glosses

• “pale, wan” ✧ PE13/164
• “wan, sickly” ✧ PE13/151

Cognates

• ᴱQ. ninqe “white” ✧ PE13/164

G. nimp adj. “pallid” (Category: Light in Color)

Reference ✧ GL/60 ✧ “pallid”

Element In

• G. ninconin “snowdrop” ✧ GL/60

Cognates

• ᴱQ. ninqe “white” ✧ GL/60

Derivations

• < ᴱ√NIQI “white”