Eldamo : Noldorin : melch

N. melch adj. “greedy” (Category: Stingy, Avaricious)

N. melch, adj. “greedy” (Category: Stingy, Avaricious): G. nauglafel “mean, avaricious, (lit.) dwarf-natured”

An adjective for “greedy” in The Etymologies under the root ᴹ√MIL-IK (Ety/MIL-IK).

Conceptual Development: The Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. gag “greedy”, and nouns ᴱN. gagros or ᴱN. gagrosaith “greed” (PE13/143).

Reference ✧ Ety/MIL-IK ✧ “greedy”

Cognates

ᴹQ. milka “greedy” ✧ Ety/MIL-IK

Derivations

< ᴹ√MIL(IK) “*greed, lust” ✧ Ety/MIL-IK (MIL-IK)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MIL-IK > melch

[milka] > [milkʰa] > [milxa] > [melxa] > [melx]

✧ Ety/MIL-IK

ᴱN. gag adj. “greedy” (Category: Stingy, Avaricious)

See N. melch for discussion.

Reference ✧ PE13/143 ✧ “greedy”

Element In

ᴱN. gagros “greed” ✧ PE13/143