Quenya 

windë

pale blue

[windë > vindë adj. "pale blue" (VT45:16)]

vindë

blue-grey, pale blue or grey

[vindë noun "blue-grey, pale blue or grey"; older windë. (WIN/WIND, VT45:16, 46:21) The stem-form would have been vindi-, given the primitive form ¤windi.]

windya

pale blue

windya > vinya adj. "pale blue" (WIN/WIND)(It is uncertain whether Tolkien rejected this word or not; in any case, vinya means "new" in his later versions of Quenya.)

ilin

pale blue

ilin adj. "pale blue" (GLINDI)

vinya

pale blue

vinya (2) < windya adj. "pale blue" (WIN/WIND)(It is uncertain whether Tolkien rejected this word or not; in any case, vinya is only attested with the meaning "young, new" in his later Quenya.)

Sindarin 

elu

pale blue

1) elu (analogical pl. ely). Archaic elw (pl. ilw?) 2) gwind (lenited wind; no distinct pl. form)

elu

pale blue

1) elu (analogical pl. ely). Archaic elw (pl. ilw?). 2) gwind (lenited wind; no distinct pl. form).

Noldorin 

gwind

noun. pale blue

Changes

  • gwinn → gwinn “blue-grey, pale blue or grey” ✧ EtyAC/WIN

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. vinya “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN
  • ᴹQ. vinde “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/GWINDI; EtyAC/WIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶windı̯ā “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
    • ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
  • ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ EtyAC/GWINDI

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶windi > gwind > gwinn[windi] > [winde] > [gwinde] > [gwind] > [gwinn]✧ Ety/WIN
ᴹ√GWINDI > bind > binn[gwindi] > [gwinde] > [binde] > [bind] > [binn]✧ EtyAC/GWINDI
ᴹ✶windi > gwind > gwinn[windi] > [winde] > [gwinde] > [gwind] > [gwinn]✧ EtyAC/WIN

Variations

  • gwinn ✧ Ety/WIN (gwinn); EtyAC/WIN (gwinn)
  • binn ✧ EtyAC/GWINDI (binn)
Noldorin [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/GWINDI; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

vinde

adjective. pale blue

Changes

  • vinde → vinde “blue-grey, pale blue or grey” ✧ EtyAC/WIN

Cognates

  • N. gwind “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/GWINDI; EtyAC/WIN
  • Ilk. gwind “pale blue” ✧ EtyAC/GWINDI

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶windı̯ā “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
    • ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
  • ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ EtyAC/GWINDI

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶windi > vinde[windi] > [winde] > [vinde]✧ Ety/WIN
ᴹ√GWINDI > winde > vinde[gwindi] > [gwinde] > [ɣwinde] > [winde] > [vinde]✧ EtyAC/GWINDI
ᴹ✶windi > winde > vinde[windi] > [winde] > [vinde]✧ EtyAC/WIN
Qenya [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/GWINDI; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ilin

adjective. pale blue

Cognates

  • N. glinn “(pale) blue” ✧ Ety/GLINDI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GLINDI “pale blue” ✧ Ety/GLINDI

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GLINDI > ilin[glinde] > [glind] > [ɣlind] > [ilind] > [ilin]✧ Ety/GLINDI

vinya

adjective. pale blue

Cognates

  • N. gwind “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶windı̯ā “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN
    • ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶windı̯ā > win(d)ya > vinya[windjā] > [windja] > [vindja] > [vinja]✧ Ety/WIN

Variations

  • vinya ✧ Ety/WIN

Doriathrin

gwind

adjective. pale blue

An adjective for “pale blue” derived from the root ᴹ√GWINDI, rejected along with its root (EtyAC/GWINDI).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. vinde “pale blue” ✧ EtyAC/GWINDI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ EtyAC/GWINDI

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GWINDI > gwind[gwindi] > [gwinde] > [gwind]✧ EtyAC/GWINDI
Doriathrin [EtyAC/GWINDI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

windı̯ā

adjective. pale blue

Derivations

  • ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. vinya “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN
  • ᴹQ. vinde “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
  • N. gwind “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN

Variations

  • windi ✧ Ety/WIN (windi); EtyAC/WIN (windi)
  • windiā ✧ EtyAC/WIN
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

win(i)d

root. pale blue

A rejected with roots with derivatives having to do with “blue-grey” and “fading” (Ety/WIN), perhaps replacing another rejected root ᴹ√GWINDI (EtyAC/GWINDI).

Changes

  • WIN/WIND → WINID/WIND ✧ EtyAC/WIN
  • WINID/WIND → THIN ✧ Ety/WIN

Derivatives

  • Ilk. gwind “pale blue” ✧ EtyAC/GWINDI
  • ᴹ✶wínda- “fade” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
    • ᴹQ. vinda- “to fade” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
    • On. winda- “to fade, to have evening approach” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
    • N. gwinna- “to fade” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
  • ᴹ✶windı̯ā “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
    • ᴹQ. vinya “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN
    • ᴹQ. vinde “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
    • N. gwind “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
  • ᴹ✶winyē “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
    • Ilk. gwine “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN
    • ᴹQ. vinye “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
    • N. gwîn “evening” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
  • ᴹQ. vinde “pale blue” ✧ EtyAC/GWINDI
  • N. gwind “pale blue” ✧ EtyAC/GWINDI

Variations

  • WIN/WIND ✧ Ety/WIN (WIN/WIND)
  • GWINDI ✧ EtyAC/GWINDI (GWINDI)
  • WINID/WIND ✧ EtyAC/WIN (WINID/WIND)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WIN; EtyAC/GWINDI; EtyAC/WIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glindi

root. pale blue

A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s for “pale blue” used in an abandoned explanation of N. Eredlindon as “Blue Mountains” (Ety/GLINDI; EtyAC/GLINDI). Later this name was S. Ered Lindon “Mountains of Lindon” (Ety/LIN²; S/123).

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. ilin “pale blue” ✧ Ety/GLINDI
  • N. glinn “(pale) blue” ✧ Ety/GLINDI

Variations

  • GLIND ✧ EtyAC/LUG² (GLIND)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GLINDI; EtyAC/LUG²] Group: Eldamo. Published by