Eldamo : Sindarin : lîf

S. #lîf n. “link” (Category: to Join, Unite)

S. #lîf, n. “link, *joint” (Category: to Join, Unite): G. gad(a) “joint, link; small lane, track; isthmus”; G. gadr “joint, link of chain”; G. gôd “joint, link of chain”

Reference ✧ VT47/6 ✧ #lif “link”

Element In

ᴺS. !tallif “ankle”
S. molif “wrist, (lit.) hand-link” ✧ VT47/6

Cognates

Q. #limë “link” ✧ VT47/6 (#lime)

Derivations

< ✶limi “link” ✧ VT47/6
- < √LIM “link, join” ✧ VT47/6

Phonetic Developments

✶limi > #lif

[limi] > [lime] > [lim] > [liv]

✧ VT47/6

G. grinn n. “ankle, wrist” (Category: Foot)

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {grind >>} grinn “ankle, wrist”, an element in G. mabrin(d) “wrist = *hand grinn” and G. talgrin(d) “ankle = *foot grinn” (GL/42, 55, 69). As such, it seems to refer to a body joint, but specifically limited to wrists or ankles. It may be related to (a variant of) the element rikta in ᴱQ. marikta “wrist” under the the early root ᴱ√RIKI (QL/80).

References ✧ GL/42, 55, 69

Glosses

“ankle, wrist” ✧ GL/42; GL/42 (grind)

Variations

grinn ✧ GL/42
grind ✧ GL/55; GL/69; GL/42 (grind)

Changes

grind >> grinn ✧ GL/42

Element In

G. mabrin(d) “wrist” ✧ GL/42 (mabrin); GL/55; GL/69 (mabrind)
G. talgrin(d) “ankle” ✧ GL/42 (taldrin); GL/69 (talgrind)

Derivations

< ᴱ√RIKI “*twist”