emlin

noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"

emlin

noun. yellow bird, yellow hammer

A word for a yellow bird in The Etymologies of the 1930s, apparently the species yellowhammer, appearing under the root ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” (Ety/SMAL). The initial element was derived from primitive ᴹ✶asmalē, which became ON. ammale in Old Noldorin, but at this stage the word was expanded to ON. ammalinde with the addition of ✱linde “song”, and whole word became emlin as a result of i-affection. Emlin replaced deleted variants ammalen and amalen, both apparently derived from ON. ammalinda, where a-affection trumped i-affection.

Changes

• ammalen → amalen ✧ EtyAC/SMAL
• amalen → emlin ✧ Ety/SMAL

Cognates

• ᴹQ. ambale “yellow bird, yellow hammer” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

• On. ammalinde “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ✶asmalindē “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. ammalinde > em(m)elin > emlin	[ammalinde] > [emmelinde] > [emmelind] > [emmlind] > [emmlind] > [emmlinn] > [emmlin] > [emlin]	✧ Ety/SMAL

Variations

• ammalen ✧ EtyAC/SMAL (ammalen)
• amalen ✧ EtyAC/SMAL (amalen)

emelin

noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"

emmelin

noun. yellow bird, "yellow hammer"

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