lim

/lim/ al6

Sense 1

noun

fish

Reconstructed from Noldorin

noun animal Swadesh 100 Swadesh 207

Etymology

Root: √LIW "fish"

Primitive Eldarin: ✶liñwi

liŋwi › liŋgwi › liŋgwe › liŋgwe › limbe › limb › limm › lim

View phonetic development in Quettamorphosis

Cognates

quenya

lingwë

References

View on Eldamo

Sources: Ety/LIW, LOK

Sense 2

adjective

fast; swift; quick

Attested in writing

adjective Time

Etymology

Primitive Eldarin: ✶lĭmbĭ

limbi › limbe › limb › limm › lim

Cognates

quenya

linta

References

View on Eldamo

Sources: RS/196

Notes

Both "fair" and "lim" are translated as "quick", but I think that "swift" causes the meaning of "lim" to veer more towards "fast" and the meaning of "fair" as "prompt" to veer more towards "quick".