10-03-2008, 12:44 PM | #61 | ||
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Anyway I can't claim much about my Westron guess *kil, but I do note an Eldarin stem KHIL- back in Etymologies, with a general meaning 'follow', from which derives 'hildi followers = mortal men' and the word Tarkil is noted (*tara-khil) in the same entry. This same root is repeated in the later texts published in PE17, where it is also noted under Dúnadan: 'All Men were also called hildi 'followers' (KHIL- follow).' This might enlighten the meaning of Westron *kil (that I guess could be a word in Westron anyway). In any case, generally speaking, words borrowed from another language need not carry the exact same meaning as the original tongue. |
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