The Etymologies

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The Etymologies is J.R.R. Tolkien’s extensive linguistic and etymological compendium detailing the historical development and relationships of the languages of Middle-earth, especially Elvish tongues like Quenya.

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The Etymologies canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional linguistic work ⓘ
philological text ⓘ
treatise ⓘ
author J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
contains derived words in multiple related languages ⓘ
glosses and semantic notes ⓘ
lists of primitive roots ⓘ
morphological notes ⓘ
phonological development notes ⓘ
editor Christopher Tolkien ⓘ
fictionalWorld Middle-earth ⓘ
firstPublication The Lost Road and Other Writings ⓘ
firstPublicationSeries The History of Middle-earth ⓘ
firstPublicationVolume The History of Middle-earth, Volume 5 ⓘ
focus etymological relationships between Elvish roots and derivatives ⓘ
historical development of Elvish vocabularies ⓘ
genre constructed-language documentation ⓘ
philological appendix ⓘ
influenceOn later presentations of Quenya vocabulary ⓘ
later presentations of Sindarin vocabulary ⓘ
inUniverseFunction scholarly lexicon of Elvish roots ⓘ
languageDescribed Adûnaic (marginally) ⓘ
linked to: Adûnaic

Common Eldarin ⓘ
Doriathrin ⓘ
Dwarvish (Khuzdul, marginally) ⓘ
Ilkorin ⓘ
linked to: Doriathrin

Noldorin ⓘ
linked to: Noldorin Quenya

Primitive Quendian ⓘ
Quenya ⓘ
Sindarin (early form / precursor via Noldorin) ⓘ
Telerin ⓘ
languageFamilyDescribed Elvish languages ⓘ
method comparative reconstruction within a fictional language family ⓘ
notableFeature detailed semantic fields for many Elvish roots ⓘ
evidence for early conceptions of Tolkien’s linguistic history of Middle-earth ⓘ
systematic mapping of sound changes from primitive forms to later languages ⓘ
periodOfComposition late 1930s ⓘ
mid-1930s ⓘ
publicationType posthumous publication ⓘ
relatedTo The History of Middle-earth ⓘ
The Lost Road and Other Writings ⓘ
structure organized by primitive roots ⓘ
roots grouped by initial consonant ⓘ
subject Elvish historical linguistics ⓘ
internal etymologies of Tolkien’s invented languages ⓘ
usedBy Tolkien linguists ⓘ
students of Tolkien’s constructed languages ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quenya → hasGrammarDocumentation → The Etymologies ⓘ
Elvish languages → hasCanonicalSource → The Etymologies ⓘ
Primitive Quendian → describedIn → The Etymologies ⓘ
Markirya → relatedWork → The Etymologies ⓘ
Outline of Phonology → relatedWork → The Etymologies ⓘ
Late Notes on Quenya → relatedWork → The Etymologies ⓘ
Doriathrin → appearsIn → The Etymologies ⓘ