gon(g)lin

place name. Singing Stone, Stone of Music

A hypothetical Sindarin name for Gondolin if it had developed from the same primitive form as its Quenya name Ondolindë (PE17/133), also appearing as Goen(g)lin (PE17/29).

Changes

• gynlin → goenlin/goenglin ✧ PE17/029

Cognates

• Q. Ondolindë “Rock of the Music of Water, (lit.) Singing Stone” ✧ PE17/133

Derivations

• ✶Gondō̆-lindē ✧ PE17/133

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶Gondō̆-lindē > Gondolind > Gond-lind > Gondlind/Gonglind > Gonlin/Gonglin	[gondolindē] > [gondolinde] > [gondolind] > [gondlind] > [gonlind]	✧ PE17/133

Variations

• goenlin/goenglin ✧ PE17/029 (goenlin/goenglin)
• gynlin ✧ PE17/029 (gynlin)
• Gonlin/Gonglin ✧ PE17/133 (Gonlin/Gonglin)