Eldamo : Noldorin : mîw

N. mîw adj. “small, tiny, frail” (Category: Small, Little)

N. mîw, adj. “small, tiny, frail” (Category: Small, Little)

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “small, tiny, frail” under the root ᴹ√MIW² (EtyAC/MIW²).

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor is G. migin “little” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/57). The Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s has ᴱN. mig, tidig, or migligen meaning “little (of amount)”, the last of these combined with ᴱN. ligen “small” (PE13/125).

Reference ✧ EtyAC/MIW² ✧ “small, tiny, frail”

Cognates

ᴹQ. míwa “small, tiny, frail” ✧ EtyAC/MIW²

Derivations

< ᴹ√MIW² “*small, tiny, frail” ✧ EtyAC/MIW²

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MIW² > mîw

[mīwa] > [mīw]

✧ EtyAC/MIW²

ᴱN. mig adj. “little (of amount)” (Category: Few, Little)

See N. mîw for discussion.

References ✧ PE13/125

Glosses

“little (of amount)” ✧ PE13/125

Variations

mig ✧ PE13/125
tidig ✧ PE13/125
migligen ✧ PE13/125

Inflections

miad	augmentative	“smaller”	✧ PE13/125
migiad	augmentative		✧ PE13/125
miant	superlative		✧ PE13/125
migiant	superlative		✧ PE13/125

Derivations

< *ᴱ√MIKI “*little”

G. migin adj. “little” (Category: Small, Little)

See N. mîw for discussion.

References ✧ GL/57, 64

Glosses

“little” ✧ GL/57

pinig “tiny, little” = migin ✧ GL/64

Element In

G. miginthi “littleness” ✧ GL/57

Derivations

< *ᴱ√MIKI “*little”