slin

root. *fine, delicate

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s, with derivatives like ᴹQ. linda “fair” (blended with ᴹ√LIN “sing”) and N. thlinn “fine, slender” (Ety/SLIN). It is probably a later iteration of the unglossed root ᴱ√SḶŘḶ (true form ᴱ√ÞḶÐḶ given in parenthesis) from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. silda “slender” (QL/84). The connection is made more obvious by derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. flidhra/thlidhra “willowy, graceful” and G. thlind “fine, slender” (GL/73).

Derivatives

• ᴹ✶slindā ✧ Ety/LIND
• ᴹ✶slindi “fine, delicate” ✧ Ety/SLIN
  • N. thlinn “fine, slender” ✧ Ety/SLIN
• ᴹ✶slinyā “lean, thin, meagre” ✧ Ety/SLIN
  • N. thlein “lean, thin, meagre” ✧ Ety/SLIN
• ᴹQ. linda “fair, beautiful (of sound)” ✧ Ety/SLIN
• ᴺQ. linya “lean, thin, meagre”

Element in

• ᴺQ. hlintë “fluff, down, soft stuff”