Eldamo : Gnomish : hiltha

G. hiltha n. “youth (more often masculine)” (Category: Young)

⚠️G. hiltha, n. “youth (more often masculine)” (Category: Young): S. gwîn “youth”

A word appearing as {hild >>} hiltha “youth of either sex, more often masc” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from ᴱ✶χilþē based on the early root ᴱ√χili (GL/49).

References ✧ GL/49

Glosses

“youth (more often masculine)” ✧ GL/49; GL/49 (hild)

Variations

hiltha ✧ GL/49
hild ✧ GL/49

Cognates

ᴱQ. hil(de) “child” ✧ GL/49 (hilde)

Derivations

< ᴱ✶χilþē “youth” ✧ GL/49
- < ᴱ√HILI “*youth, offspring” ✧ GL/49 (χili)
< ᴱ√HILI “*youth, offspring” ✧ GL/49 (χili)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶χilþē > hiltha

[xilθē] > [xilθa] > [hilθa]

✧ GL/49