Tindómiel

daughter of twilight

Tindómiel, fem. name (UT:210), probably *"daughter of twilight" (tindómë + -iel) and thus the equivalent of Sindarin Tinúviel. Compare tindómerel.

Tindómisel

noun. nightingale

PQ. nightingale

tindómizel

noun. nightingale

PQ. nightingale

tindómerel

noun. nightingale

TQ. nightingale

tindómerel

daughter of twilight

tindómerel (also capitalized Tindómerel) fem. name "daughter of twilight", a kenning (poetic name) of the nightingale; = Sindarin Tinúviel. (TIN, SEL-D, SA:tin; "Tindómrl" in mirrored Tengwar in VT47:37 would seem to be an incomplete annotation of the same word). The form Tindómiel (UT:210) could well be an alternative Quenya equivalent of Tinúviel, and it is possibly to be preferred because the status of the ending -rel "daughter" is uncertain (it was to represent older -zel, -sel corresponding to the independent word seldë, but Tolkien changed the meaning of this word from "daughter" to "child", and since the word for "child" appears as hína in later texts, it may be that seldë and the corresponding ending -rel were dropped altogether).

tindómerel

feminine name. Daughter of Twilight

The Quenya name of Tinúviel (SA/tin, PE19/73). Since she was a Sindarin elf, this name is largely theoretical, as a development from the same primitive form: ✶Tindōmiselde. This name is a compound of tindómë and a suffixal form -rel of seldë “daughter”. In a couple places, Tolkien used this name to illustrated the development of primitive intervocalic ✶[s] into Quenya [r] (PE19/33, 73).

Conceptual Development: The earliest “Qenya” name for Tinúviel was ᴹQ. Tinúviel in linguistic notes from the early 1930s; it was declined in various noun cases, and was clearly intended to be a purely Qenya name rather than an adaptation of the Noldorin Tinúviel (PE21/35). The name ᴹQ. Tindómerel appeared in The Etymologies from the mid-1930s, where it already had the derivation described above (Ety/SEL-D, TIN). In some notes on Quenya phonology from the 1930s, this name appeared as Tindómirel with a medial i (PE19/33), but in a revision of those notes from the 1950s it was reverted back to Tindómerel (PE19/73). It appeared as (Tindómrl) in some examples of left-handed tengwar writing from the 1960s (VT47/37); Tolkien probably neglected to add the vowel diacritics in this case.

Cognates

• S. Tinúviel “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight” ✧ PE19/073; SA/tin

Derivations

• ✶Tindōmiselde “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight” ✧ PE19/073

Elements

Word	Gloss
tindómë	“(starry) twilight, (usually) time near dawn, (starry) twilight, time near dawn, [ᴹQ.] starlit dusk”
seldë	“daughter, daughter; [ᴹQ.] child [f.], *girl”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶tindōmi-sel(dĕ) > tindómizel > tindómerel	[tindōmiselde] > [tindōmiseld] > [tindōmizeld] > [tindōmizel] > [tindōmirel] > [tindōmerel]	✧ PE19/073

Variations

• tindómerel ✧ PE19/073; SA/tin
• Tindómrl ✧ VT47/37

morilindë

nightingale

morilindë noun "nightingale" (MOR)

Tinnúviel

noun. nightingale

nightingale

Tinnúviel

noun. Tindómiel

_prop. n. _Q. Tindómiel. . This gloss was rejected.

Tinnúviel

noun. daughter of twilight

[Etym. TIN-] tindumh (AS “twilight”) + iell (“daughter, child” [Etym. SEL-D] traditional ending for women’s names) [Etym.] AS *Tindômiselde, Q Tindómerel.

tinúviel

feminine name. Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight

The name that Beren gave to Lúthien, translated “Nightingale”, more literally “Daughter of Twilight” (S/165), a derivation of the primitive form ✶Tindōmiselde (PE19/73). It is essentially a combination of tinnu “twilight” and the suffix -iel, except that the archaic final -v lost in tinnu was preserved in the compound.

Conceptual Development: This name first appeared as G. Tynwfiel in the earliest Lost Tales, probably a Welsh-like spelling of the name, but this was revised to Tinúviel (LT2/41), the form Tolkien more or less retained thereafter. The translation “Nightingale” for ᴱN. Tinúviel emerged in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/153). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, N. Tinúviel had the same derivation as given above (Ety/SEL-D, TIN).

Cognates

• Q. Tindómerel “Daughter of Twilight” ✧ PE19/073; SA/tin

Derivations

• ✶Tindōmiselde “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight” ✧ PE19/073

Element in

• S. le linnon im Tinúviel “*to thee I sing, I, Tinúviel” ✧ LB/354
• S. Narn e·Dinúviel “Tale of the Nightingale” ✧ MR/373

Elements

Word	Gloss
tinnu	“*twilight, [N.] (starry) twilight, dusk, early night (without moon)”
-iel	“daughter; feminine suffix”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶tindōmi-sel(dĕ) > tindúmhihel > Tinnúviel	[tindōmiselde] > [tindōmihelde] > [tindōmihelðe] > [tindūmihelðe] > [tindūmihelð] > [tindūmielð] > [tindūmiell] > [tinnūmiell] > [tinnūviell] > [tinnūviel]	✧ PE19/073

Variations

• Tinnúviel ✧ PE19/073

dúlin

noun. nightingale

dúlin

noun. nightingale

A word for “nightingale” appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a combination of N. dû “night” and N. lhinn “tune” (Ety/DOƷ, Ety/LIN², TIN). It appeared as both dúlinn (Ety/LIN²) and dúlin (Ety/TIN). In The Notion Club Papers of the 1940s, Tolkien instead gave duilin “nightingale” as a derivative of primitive ᴹ✶dōmilindē, demonstrating a phonetic development whereby the ancient m became v and then vanished after the u, but the medial i was preserved. However, Christopher Tolkien used the form dúlin in The Silmarillion appendix (SA/dú), and that form is thus better known.

Cognates

• Q. lómelindë “nightingale, (lit.) dusk-singer” ✧ SA/dú

Elements

Word	Gloss
dû	“night, dimness; dim, dark, night, dimness; [N.] night-fall, late evening; [S.] dim, dark”
lind	“song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer”

tinúviel

nightingale

(”daughter of twilight”, a poetic kenning) (i** dinúviel, o thinúviel), pl. ?tinúvil (i** thinúvil), coll. pl. tinúviellath** **(MR:373, WJ:62)

dúlinn

nightingale

1) dúlinn (i dhúlinn) (dusk-singer), same form pl. except with article (i núlinn) (SD:302). 2) merilin (i verilin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i merilin), coll. pl. merilinnath. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” ”moerilind” = mörilind. 3) tinúviel (”daughter of twilight”, a poetic kenning) (i dinúviel, o thinúviel), pl. ?tinúvil (i thinúvil), coll. pl. tinúviellath (MR:373, WJ:62)

dúlinn

nightingale

(i** dhúlinn) (dusk-singer), same form pl. except with article (i** núlinn) (SD:302).

merilin

nightingale

(i** verilin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** merilin), coll. pl. merilinnath. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” ”moerilind” = mörilind.

tindōmiselde

feminine name. Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight

Derivatives

• Q. Tindómerel “Daughter of Twilight” ✧ PE19/073
• S. Tinúviel “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight” ✧ PE19/073

Variations

• tindōmi-sel(dĕ) ✧ PE19/073

Tinnúviel

noun. nightingale

nightingale

tinúviel

feminine name. Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Tindómerel “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight” ✧ Ety/SEL-D; Ety/TIN; PE19/033

Derivations

• ᴹ✶Tindōmiselde “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight” ✧ Ety/SEL-D; PE19/033
• On. Tindūmhiell “Daughter of Twilight” ✧ Ety/TIN
  • ᴹ✶Tindōmiselde “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight” ✧ Ety/TIN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. tindūmhiell > Tinnúviel > Tinúviel	[tindūviell] > [tinnūviell] > [tinnūviel] > [tinūviel]	✧ Ety/TIN

Variations

• Tinnúviel ✧ Ety/SEL-D; PE19/033

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

merilin

noun. nightingale

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

mœrilind

noun. nightingale