Eldamo : Ilkorin/Doriathrin : meneg

Ilk. #meneg num. card. “thousand” (Category: Large Cardinal Number)

Ilk. #meneg num. card. “thousand” (Category: Large Cardinal Number)

A Doriathrin word meaning “thousand” (or possibly just “*large in number”) attested only as an element in the name Dor. Menegroth “Thousand Caves” (Ety/ROD, LR/220). Its etymology is unclear.

Reference ✧ Ety/ROD ✧ Dor. #Meneg

Element In

Ilk. Menegroth “Thousand Caves” ✧ Ety/ROD (Meneg-roth)

G. moth(in) n. “1000; †flock” (Category: Large Cardinal Number)

See S. #meneg for discussion.

References ✧ GL/58; LT1A/Uin

Glosses

“1000” ✧ GL/58 (moth)
“1000; †flock” ✧ GL/58; LT1A/Uin (moth)

Variations

moth(in) ✧ GL/58
mothwen ✧ GL/58
moth ✧ LT1A/Uin; GL/58 (moth)

moth(in) “1000; †flock” had its sense “1000” later assigned to S. #meneg “thousand”

Changes

moth “1000” >> moth(in) “1000; †flock” ✧ GL/58

Elements

moth

“sheep”

✧ GL/58