ilmen

place name. Place of Light

Cognates

• N. gilith “starlight, *region of the stars” ✧ Ety/WIL

Derivations

• ᴹ√GIL “shine (white or pale)” ✧ Ety/WIL

Element in

• ᴹQ. Ilmen-assa “Chasm of Ilmen”

Elements

Word	Gloss
Ilma	“Starlight”
men	“place, spot”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√GIL > ilmen	[gilmen] > [ɣilmen] > [ilmen]	✧ Ety/WIL

Variations

• ilmen ✧ Ety/WIL