rhein

noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint

A noun appearing as N. rhein “slot, spoor, track, footprint” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√RUN “flat of hand or sole of foot” (Ety/RUN). It seems to be derived from ᴹ✶runya, with an intermediate form rhoein, where the ancient u became o via a-affection, then this o became œ via i-affection and then later e, while the [[n|y [ı̯] intruded into the preceding syllable]] after the loss of -a made it final.

Neo-Sindarin: This word was adapted as ᴺS. rein in HSD (HSD), with the usual removal of Noldorin-style voiceless rh. However, the actual phonological results in Sindarin would probably be ᴺS. ruin; compare S. ruin “fiery red” with Quenya cognate runya (PM/366). Since ruin already has several meanings in Sindarin, I would retain ᴺS. rein as an obscure dialectical variant.

rhein

noun. border

rhein

noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint

rhœin

noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint

rhain

noun. border

rhain

noun. border

edrein

noun. border