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Qenya 

tinúviel

feminine name. Tinúviel

Qenya [PE21/33; PE21/35] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tindómerel

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

Cognates

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

Derivations

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

Elements

WordGloss
tindóme“(starry) twilight, starlit dusk”
selde“child [f.]”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tindōmiselde > Tindómerel[tindōmiselde] > [tindōmiseld] > [tindōmizeld] > [tindōmizel] > [tindōmirel] > [tindōmerel]✧ Ety/SEL-D
ᴹ✶Tindōmiselde > Tindómerel[tindōmiselde] > [tindōmiseld] > [tindōmizeld] > [tindōmizel] > [tindōmirel] > [tindōmerel]✧ Ety/TIN
ᴹ✶Tindōmi-seldĕ > Tindómisel > Tindómirel[tindōmiselde] > [tindōmiseld] > [tindōmizeld] > [tindōmizel] > [tindōmirel]✧ PE19/033

Variations

  • Tindomerel ✧ EtyAC/YEL (Tindomerel)
  • Tindómirel ✧ PE19/033
Qenya [Ety/SEL-D; Ety/TIN; EtyAC/YEL; PE19/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lómelinde

noun. nightingale

Cognates

  • N. dúlin(n) “nightingale” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN; SD/302
  • Ilk. myrilind “nightingale” ✧ Ety/TIN

Derivations

Elements

WordGloss
lóme“night, night-time, shades of night, gloom”
linde“air, tune”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶dōmilindē > lōmelinde[dōmilindē] > [lōmilindē] > [lōmelindē] > [lōmelinde]✧ SD/302

Variations

  • lōmelindë ✧ LR/041
  • lōmelinde ✧ SD/302
Qenya [Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN; LR/041; SD/302] Group: Eldamo. Published by

morilinde

noun. nightingale

A noun for “nightingale” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. móre “night” and ᴹQ. linde “song” (Ety/MOR). Q. lómelindë “nightingale” is better attested.

Cognates

  • Ilk. myrilind “nightingale” ✧ Ety/MOR

Elements

WordGloss
móre“blackness, dark, night”
linde“air, tune”