1825: The Etymologies: Tolkien Dec 14, 2019

The father of fictional languages in some ways, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote "The Etymologies" in the 1930's, though they were only published posthumously. In this, it is fairly disorganized collection of words in his Proto-Elvish, and then how they would have changed over time into the Elvish languages of Quenya, Noldorin and Ilkorin, which he features in Lord of the Rings. Unlike his professional work in mapping English etymologies, his etymologies were often changed, though he would never change the Elvish words themselves. Indeed, he even created various steps, inventing Old Nordin, and other attributes which would make this all work reasonably. You can find this in "The Lost Road and Other Writings".

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