merilin(n)

noun. nightingale

A noun for “nightingale” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, adapted from Ilkorin myrilind “since mori did not = ‘night’ in N” (Ety/TIN). S. dúlin “nightingale” is better attested.

Derivations

• Ilk. myrilind “nightingale” ✧ Ety/TIN
  • ᴹ√MOR “*black, dark” ✧ Ety/TIN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
Ilk. mur(i)lind/myr(i)lind > mœrilind > merilin	[myrilind] > [mœrilind] > [mœrilinn] > [merilinn] > [merilin]	✧ Ety/TIN
Ilk. mur(i)lind/myr(i)lind > mœrilinn > merilinn	[myrilind] > [mœrilind] > [mœrilinn] > [merilinn] > [merilin]	✧ Ety/TIN

Variations

• merilin ✧ Ety/TIN
• merilinn ✧ EtyAC/TIN
• moerilind ✧ EtyAC/TIN

merilin

noun. nightingale

mœrilind

noun. nightingale

Tinnúviel

noun. nightingale

nightingale

duilin

noun. nightingale

dúlin

noun. nightingale

dúlin(n)

noun. nightingale

Cognates

• ᴹQ. lómelinde “nightingale” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN; SD/302

Derivations

• ᴹ√DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
• ᴹ√DOM “faint, dim” ✧ Ety/TIN
• ᴹ✶dōmilindē “nightingale” ✧ SD/302

Elements

Word	Gloss
dû	“night, night-fall, late evening”
lhinn	“air, tune”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√DOƷ/DÔ > dúlind > dúlin(n)	[dōlindē] > [dūlindē] > [dūlinde] > [dūlind] > [dūlinn] > [dūlin]	✧ Ety/DOƷ
ᴹ√DOM > dúlind > dúlin	[dūvlinde] > [dūvlind] > [dūlind] > [dūlinn] > [dūlin]	✧ Ety/TIN
ᴹ✶dōmilindē > duilin	[dōmilindē] > [dūmilindē] > [dūmilinde] > [dūmilind] > [dūvilind] > [duilind] > [duilinn] > [duilin]	✧ SD/302

Variations

• dūlinn ✧ Ety/LIN²
• dúlin ✧ Ety/TIN
• dúlinn ✧ EtyAC/LIN²
• duilin ✧ SD/302

dúlind

noun. nightingale

dúlinn

noun. nightingale