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NIL root. “moon”

Reverse-derived from Adûnaic *nîlu (“moon”) and Westron nil (“moon”).

There seems to be an odd connection from this root to the Primitive Elvish Root √NIL (“to love (as a friend or equal), be devoted to”).

  

Derivations

nîlu

“moon”

base-vowel lengthening, variable-vowel suffixion