fing (no distinct pl. form)
Sindarin
fing
noun. lock of hair
Cognates
- Q. finca “[unglossed]” ✧ PE17/017
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶finik/fink > fineg [pʰinika] > [ɸinika] > [ɸineka] > [fineka] > [finek] > [fineg] ✧ PE17/017 Variations
- fineg ✧ PE17/017
fing
noun. lock of hair
fing
lock of hair
find
lock of hair
find (tress). Construct fin; no distinct pl. form; coll pl. finnath
find
lock of hair
(tress). Construct fin; no distinct pl. form; coll pl. finnath
agor
narrow
agor (analogical pl. egyr). In archaic S agr.
agor
narrow
(analogical pl. egyr). In archaic S agr.
imlad
narrow valley with steep sides
(glen, deep valley), pl. imlaid.
imrath
narrow valley
(pl. imraith)
lond
narrow path
(harbour, haven, pass, strait), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294).
A noun appearing in 1967 notes on the Nomenclature of the Lord of the Rings as an element in Finglas “Leaflock” (RC/760). The form fineg appeared unglossed in notes from around 1965 as a derivative of ✶phinik (PE17/17). The word fing is more obscure than S. find of similar meaning.
Conceptual Development: The word G. fingl or finnil “a tress” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/35). In that period, the gl was probably the result of the sound change whereby ðl became gl, since this early form was likely derived from the root ᴱ√FIŘI [FIÐI] (QL/38). When it first appeared, the name N. Finglas (= find + las?) may also have had a similar sound change, but since Tolkien abandoned that phonetic rule in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s (compare S. edlenn vs. N. eglenn “exiled”), Tolkien needed to come up with a new etymology.