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Old 02-07-2005, 04:32 PM   #1
Elianna
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Tolkien Sindar, Dwarves, and Glass

In The Silmarillion it states:
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But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh 'glass', taken from Khuzdul kheled...
At first I was confused, "Why would the Elves steal a word from the Dwarves?" Then I read up on the Sindar, and learnt that the Sindar and the Dwarves were friends.

So then I wondered, "Wouldn't they already have a word for glass?" Then the idea hit me: Do you think it's possible that the Dwarves taught the Sindar how to make glass, and so that's the reason they took the word?
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