Eldamo : Sindarin : er

S. er adj. “one, alone” (Category: One)

S. er, adj. “one, alone” (Category: One)

The Sindarin word for “one” used when discussing a single isolated thing (PE17/95; VT42/25; VT48/6), such as Erchamion “One-handed”. Contrast this with min “one” used when counting.

Conceptual Development: This word was very well established, with G. er “one” appearing all the way back in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s already associated with “lonely” words like G. ereg “alone” and G. erwed “unique” (GL/32).

References ✧ PE17/95; SA/er; VT42/18, 25; VT48/6

Glosses

“1” ✧ VT42/25; VT48/6
“one” ✧ PE17/95
“one, alone” ✧ SA/er

Element In

ᴺS. ereth “solitude, oneness, loneliness”
ᴺS. !erlu “once, one time”
S. Eradan
S. Erchamion “One-handed” ✧ SA/er
S. Erchirion
S. ereb “single, alone, lonely” ✧ SA/er
S. Erien
S. Erui
S. elloth “single flower” ✧ VT42/18
S. Erebor “Lonely Mountain” ✧ SA/er

Cognates

Q. er “one, alone” ✧ PE17/95; SA/er; VT48/6
T. er “one” ✧ VT48/6

Derivations

< √ER “one, single, only, alone” ✧ SA/er

Phonetic Developments

√er > er

[er]

✧ SA/er

N. *er adj. “one, alone” (Category: One)

See S. er for discussion.

Reference ✧ Ety/KAB ✧ “one”

Element In

N. erceleb “*true-silver”
N. Erchamui “One-handed” ✧ Ety/KAB
N. ereb “isolated”
N. ereg² “first”
N. Eregon “Stone Pinnacle”
N. eriol “single, alone”

Derivations

< ᴹ√ER “one, only, be alone, deprived”

G. er adj. “one” (Category: One)

See S. er for discussion.

References ✧ GL/32; LT1A/Tol Eressëa

Glosses

“one” ✧ GL/32; LT1A/Tol Eressëa

Element In

G. ereg “alone, only” ✧ GL/33
G. ereth “solitude, oneness, loneliness” ✧ GL/32; LT1A/Tol Eressëa
G. ert “once, once only” ✧ GL/33
G. erw “only” ✧ GL/33
G. erwed “unique” ✧ GL/33

Cognates

ᴱQ. er¹ “one, only, alone, a single” ✧ GL/32
ᴱQ. er² “only, but, still” ✧ LT1A/Tol Eressëa

Derivations

< ᴱ√ERE “remain alone” ✧ LT1A/Tol Eressëa

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ERE > er

[er]

✧ LT1A/Tol Eressëa