KHELEK - Tolkien Gateway

KHELEK is an Elvish root signifying "ice".^[1]

Derivatives

Quenya: helke ("ice); helka ("ice-cold")^[1]^[2]
Noldorin: heleg ("ice"); helch ("bitter cold")^[1]

See also

KHEL ("freeze")

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 364 (root appearing as "KHELEK-")
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 21

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