S. *alu adj. “wholesome” (Category: Well; Health)
An adjective appearing as alw “wholesome” derived from √AL “good” in notes from around 1959, along with a plural form ely (PE17/146).
Neo-Sindarin: This root was sometimes associated with physical health (PE17/149), so I would interpret this word as “wholesome” in the sense “healthy” as well as morally good. The usual Neo-Sindarin rendering of this word would be alu instead of alw.
Conceptual Development: There was a similar word G. {awl >>} alw or alweg in Gnomish Lexicon Slips from the 1910s, but there it was glossed “lofty, of living things: trees, men” and derived from primitive ᴱ√✶alwa (PE13/109), thus probably based from the early root ᴱ√ALA² “spread” (QL/29).
References ✧ PE17/146
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| ely | plural | ✧ PE17/146 |
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| √AL > alw | [alwa] > [alw] > [alu] | ✧ PE17/146 |
G. alw(eg) adj. “lofty (of living things, trees, men)” (Category: High)
References ✧ PE13/109, 115
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| elwig | plural | “lofty” | ✧ PE13/115 |
| ewlin | plural | ✧ PE13/109 |
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