tin-

verb. to glint

Cognates

• N. tinna- “to glint” ✧ Ety/TIN

Derivations

• ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√TIN > tine	[tin-]	✧ Ety/TIN

tinde

noun. glint

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “a glint” derived from the root ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” (Ety/TIN).

Derivations

• ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√TIN > tinde	[tinde]	✧ Ety/TIN

sil-

verb. to shine

Element in

• ᴹQ. elen sile lúmesse omentiemman “a star shines on the hour of our meeting” ✧ PE17/014; RS/324; RS/324
• ᴹQ. Rana núresse orta silia; en e·orta silia! “The Moon at night rises shining; there it rises shining!” ✧ PE22/100; PE22/100
• ᴹQ. Rana oronte silalya “The moon rose shining” ✧ PE22/100; PE22/100
• ᴹQ. Rana ortalyane silalya “The moon was rising, shining (as it rose)” ✧ PE22/100
• ᴹQ. silia Rana “shining Moon” ✧ PE22/100
• ᴹQ. sisilla- “to glitter (white)”
• ᴹQ. tithilla- “to twinkle”
• ᴹQ. tasse e·orta silalya “there it rises shining” ✧ PE22/100