1) (a single hair) fîn (construct fin), no distinct pl. form. (PM:362), 2) (lock of hair, tress) find (construct fin), no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. finnath.
Sindarin
fîn
noun. a tress
fîn
noun. (single) hair, filament
Cognates
- Q. finë “(single) hair, filament” ✧ PE17/017
Derivations
Element in
- S. Finduilas ✧ SA/fin
- S. Finellach “?Flame of Hair and Eye”
- S. Fingon “Hair Shout” ✧ SA/fin
- S. Finrod ✧ SA/fin
- S. Glorfindel “Golden-hair” ✧ SA/fin
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √SPIN- > fin- [spini] > [spine] > [sɸine] > [ɸine] > [fine] > [fin] > [fīn] ✧ PE17/017 ✶phini- > fîn [pʰini] > [pʰine] > [ɸine] > [fine] > [fin] > [fīn] ✧ PM/362 Variations
- fin- ✧ PE17/017; SA/fin
find
noun. a tress
finn-
noun. a tress
cidinn
?. [unglossed]
Cognates
- Q. cinta “small” ✧ PE17/157
Derivations
- √KIT “*small” ✧ PE17/157
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √KIT > cidinn [kitinne] > [kitinn] > [kidinn] ✧ PE17/157
cinnog
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
- √KIT “*small” ✧ PE17/157
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √KIT > cinnog [kintok] > [kintʰok] > [kinθok] > [kinθog] > [kinnog] ✧ PE17/157
laws
noun. hair ringlet
madu
?. [unglossed]
maud
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶matwā > madw̯ > maud [matwā] > [matwa] > [matw] > [maut] > [maud] ✧ PE17/148 ✶matwā > madw̯ > madu [matwā] > [matwa] > [matw] > [madw] > [madu] ✧ PE17/148 Variations
- madu ✧ PE17/148
fîn
hair
fîn
hair
(construct fin), no distinct pl. form. (PM:362)
find
hair
(construct fin), no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. finnath.
find
tress
find (lock of hair). Construct fin; no distinct pl. form; coll pl. finnath.
find
tress
(lock of hair). Construct fin; no distinct pl. form; coll pl. finnath.
fast
shaggy hair
(pl. faist if there is a pl.).
A noun for a single hair appearing in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 derived from primitive ✶phini- (PM/362 note #37). The form fin- also appeared in a torn-half sheet as a derivative of √SPIN- “a single hair, filament” (PE17/17).
Conceptual Development: Earlier words for a single hair include G. fith, pl. fidhin from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/35) and ᴱN. fîr from Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/143).