fanya

noun/adjective. sky; white

Changes

• fanya → fanya “cloud” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Cognates

• N. fein “white, radiant” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Derivations

• ᴹ√SPAN “white” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Element in

• ᴹQ. Fanyamar “Cloudhome, Upper Air” ✧ Ety/SPAN
• ᴹQ. Ilu vanya, fanya, eari, i-mar, ar ilqa ímen “the World is fair, the sky, the seas, the earth, and all that is in them” ✧ LR/072

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√SPAN > fanya	[spanja] > [ɸanja] > [fanja]	✧ Ety/SPAN

malina

adjective. yellow

Cognates

• On. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
• N. malen “yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

• ᴹ✶smalinā “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Element in

• ᴹQ. Malinalda

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶smalinā > malina	[malinā] > [m̥alina] > [malina] > [malina]	✧ Ety/SMAL

helle

noun. sky

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sky” derived from the root ᴹ√ƷEL of the same meaning (Ety/ƷEL).

Cognates

• On. elle “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
• Ilk. gell “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL

Derivations

• ᴹ√ƷEL “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL

Element in

• ᴹQ. helyanwe “rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge, rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge, *sky-joining” ✧ Ety/ƷEL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ƷEL > helle	[ɣelle] > [helle]	✧ Ety/ƷEL

Variations

• helle ✧ Ety/ƷEL

ninqe

adjective. white

Cognates

• N. nimp “pale” ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Derivations

• ᴹ✶ninkwi “white, pale” ✧ Ety/NIK-W
  • ᴹ√NIK(W) “*snow; white” ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Element in

• ᴹQ. nieninqe “snowdrop, (lit.) white tear” ✧ Ety/NIK-W
• ᴹQ. Ninqendi “White-elves”
• ᴹQ. ninqeri “*white (female thing or personification)” ✧ PE21/15
• ᴹQ. ninqeru “white man, white male swan, white ship, white (male thing or personification)” ✧ PE21/15
• ᴹQ. ninqisse “whiteness” ✧ Ety/NIK-W
• ᴹQ. Ninqelóte “Pale Blossom”
• ᴹQ. ninqita- “to whiten, make white; to shine white” ✧ Ety/NIK-W; Ety/NIK-W
• ᴹQ. Taniqetil “High White Horn” ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶ninkwi > ninqe	[niŋkwi] > [niŋkwe]	✧ Ety/NIK-W