Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : MOY

ᴹ√MOY root. “*dear”

ᴹ√MOY root. “*dear; [ᴱ√] *soft, gentle”

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s serving as the basis for ᴹQ. moina and N. muin “dear” (Ety/MOY). An early root *ᴱ√MOYO “*soft, gentle” is strongly implied by words appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s: G. muig/ᴱQ. moika “soft, gentle” and G. muis “softness, tenderness, gentleness” (GL/58). The words G. muin/ᴱQ. moina “safe, secure” and G. muil/ᴱQ. moile “tarn [mountain lake]” may also be related. Given the semantic variation of all these words, it’s hard to know the common meaning (if any) of their root, but for purposes of Neo-Eldarin, “soft, gentle” is probably a good foundation.

References ✧ Ety/MOY, MUY, THEL, TOR

Derivatives

> ᴹQ. moina “familiar, dear” ✧ Ety/MOY; Ety/TOR
> N. muin¹ “dear” ✧ Ety/THEL; Ety/TOR
- ⇒ N. muindor “brother” ✧ Ety/TOR
- ⇒ N. muinthel “sister” ✧ Ety/THEL
> ᴺQ. moica “soft, gentle”
> ᴺS. muig² “soft, gentle”
> ᴺS. muis “softness, tenderness, gentleness”
> ON. muina “dear” ✧ Ety/MOY
- > N. muin¹ “dear” ✧ Ety/MOY
  - ⇒ [see above]
> ✶moina ✧ Ety/MUY
- > ON. muina “dear”
  - ⇒ [see above]

*ᴱ√MOYO root. “*soft, gentle”

See ᴹ√MOY for discussion.

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. moika “soft, gentle”
> ᴱQ. moile “tarn”
> ᴱQ. moina “safe, secure”
> G. muig “soft, gentle”
> G. muil “tarn”
- ⇒ G. Umboth-muilin “Pools of Twilight” ✧ LT2A/Umboth-muilin
> G. muin¹ “safe, secure”
- ⇒ G. muinos “security” ✧ GL/58
> G. muis “softness, tenderness, gentleness”