dîs

noun. bride

A word for “bride” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶ndīse under the root ᴹ√NDIS (Ety/NDIS). Ordinarily the s in this word would have been lost, but it was influenced by N. †dess “young woman” < ON. ndissa from the same root (EtyAC/NDIS). Dîs “bride” in turn influenced the form of N. †dî “woman”, originally ON. nī < ᴹ√NĪ (Ety/DER, NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS).

Neo-Sindarin: While I think this word is perfectly serviceable, for purposes of Neo-Sindarin it may be better to use the longer and more distinctive word dineth for bride.

Derivations

• ᴹ√NDIS “*bride” ✧ Ety/BES
  • ᴹ√NĪ/INI “female” ✧ Ety/BES
  • ᴹ√NIS “woman” ✧ Ety/NIS
• On. ndīs “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS
  • ᴹ✶ndīse “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS
  • ᴹ√NDIS “*bride” ✧ Ety/DER; Ety/I²; Ety/NDIS
    • ᴹ√NĪ/INI “female” ✧ Ety/BES
    • ᴹ√NIS “woman” ✧ Ety/NIS
  • ᴹ√NIS “woman” ✧ Ety/NIS
  • ᴹ√NDIS “*bride” ✧ EtyAC/NIS
  • ᴹ√NĪ/INI “female” ✧ Ety/BES
  • ᴹ√NIS “woman” ✧ Ety/NIS
• ᴹ✶ndīse “bride” ✧ EtyAC/NIS
  • ᴹ√NDIS “*bride” ✧ Ety/DER; Ety/I²; Ety/NDIS
  • ᴹ√NĪ/INI “female” ✧ Ety/BES
  • ᴹ√NIS “woman” ✧ Ety/NIS
  • ᴹ√NIS “woman” ✧ Ety/NIS

Element in

• N. -dis “female agent”
• S. Lindis
• S. Meldis “?Beloved Bride”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. ndîs > dîs	[ndīs] > [dīs]	✧ Ety/NDIS

dîs

noun. bride

dineth

noun. bride

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “bride”, a combination of N. †dî “woman, bride” and N. neth “young” (Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS, NIS).

Element in

• N. Dineth “Nessa” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS

Elements

Word	Gloss
dî	“woman, bride, lady”
neth	“young”

Variations

• di-neth ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS

dineth

noun. bride