myrilind

noun. nightingale

The Ilkorin noun for “nightingale”, appearing as both murilind and myrilind (Ety/MOR, TIN). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. morilinde indicates a primitive form of ✱✶morilindē, further supported by the rejected Ilkorin form morilind (EtyAC/MOR). This would have produced murilind according to the rules of Ilkorin i-affection. The variant form myrilind hints at a different (dialectical?) phonetic development, as pointed out by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/murilind). See the entry on i-affection for further discussion.

Changes

• morilind → murilind/myrilind ✧ Ety/MOR

Cognates

• ᴹQ. lómelinde “nightingale” ✧ Ety/TIN
• ᴹQ. morilinde “nightingale” ✧ Ety/MOR

Derivations

• ᴹ√MOR “*black, dark” ✧ Ety/TIN

Derivatives

• N. merilin(n) “nightingale” ✧ Ety/TIN

Elements

Word	Gloss
môr	“night”
lind	“tuneful, sweet; *singing”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MOR > mur(i)lind/myr(i)lind	[morilindē] > [morilinde] > [murilinde] > [murilind]	✧ Ety/TIN

Variations

• murilind/myrilind ✧ Ety/MOR
• mur(i)lind/myr(i)lind ✧ Ety/TIN
• murulind/myrilind ✧ EtyAC/MOR
• morilind ✧ EtyAC/MOR (morilind)