halatir
kingsfisher
heledir
kingfisher
(bird) heledir (i cheledir, o cheledir), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i cheledir). Since the final element is derived from primitve -tirno, it may be that the otherwise lost final n would be preserved in the coll. pl. ?heledirnath. The literal meaning of the word is ”fish-watcher”.
heledir
kingfisher
(i cheledir, o cheledir), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i cheledir). Since the final element is derived from primitve -tirno, it may be that the otherwise lost final n would be preserved in the coll. pl. ?heledirnath. The literal meaning of the word is ”fish-watcher”.
heledir
noun. kingfisher (bird)
heledirn
noun. kingfisher (bird)
heledir(n)
noun. kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s for a kingfisher derived from primitive ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ “fish watcher” with variants heledir and heledirn (Ety/KHAL¹, SKAL², TIR). Tolkien also considered and rejected the form haledir without i-affection (EtyAC/KHAL¹).
Changes
haledir→ heledir ✧ Ety/KHAL¹Cognates
- ᴹQ. halatir(no) “kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher” ✧ Ety/KHAL¹; Ety/SKAL²; Ety/TIR
Derivations
- ᴹ√SKAL “small fish” ✧ Ety/KHAL¹; Ety/SKAL²
- ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ “fish watcher” ✧ Ety/TIR
Elements
Word Gloss hâl “fish” tir- “to watch” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KHAL¹ > heledir [kʰalatir] > [xalatir] > [xeletir] > [xeledir] > [heledir] ✧ Ety/KHAL¹ ᴹ√SKAL² > heledir [skalatir] > [sxalatir] > [xalatir] > [xeletir] > [xeledir] > [heledir] ✧ Ety/SKAL² ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ > heledirn [kʰalatirnō] > [kʰalatirno] > [xalatirno] > [xeletirno] > [xeletirn] > [xeledirn] > [heledirn] ✧ Ety/TIR Variations
- heledir ✧ Ety/KHAL¹ (
heledir); Ety/SKAL²- heledirn ✧ Ety/TIR
- haledir ✧ EtyAC/KHAL¹ (
haledir)
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halatir(no)
noun. kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as halatir(no) “fish-watcher, kingsfisher”, a combination of ᴹQ. hala “fish” and an agental form ᴹQ. tirno “watcher” of the root ᴹ√TIR “watch” (Ety/SKAL², TIR). Fish-watcher is the literal translation of the name, and kingfisher is the name of the terrestrial species.
Cognates
- N. heledir(n) “kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher” ✧ Ety/KHAL¹; Ety/SKAL²; Ety/TIR
Derivations
- ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ “fish watcher” ✧ Ety/TIR
Elements
Word Gloss hala “(small) fish” tir- “to watch” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ > halatir [kʰalatirno] > [kʰalatirn] > [xalatirn] > [halatirn] > [halatir] ✧ Ety/TIR Variations
- halatir ✧ Ety/KHAL¹ (
halatir); Ety/TIR
halatir (halatirn-, as in dat.sg. halatirnen), also halatirno, noun "kingsfisher", etymologically "fish-watcher" (TIR, SKAL2, KHAL1)