flinc

noun. finch

A word for a “finch” appearing in Common Eldarin: Noun Structure of the early 1950s, derived from primitive ✶philinki (PE21/72, 81). N. flinc also appeared in Primitive Quendian Structure: Final Consonants from 1936, but there the word was unglossed.

Cognates

• Q. filincë “finch” ✧ PE21/72

Derivations

• At. phlinke “finch” ✧ PE21/72
  • √PHILIK “finch, finch, [ᴹ√] small bird” ✧ PE21/71
• ✶philinki “finch” ✧ PE21/80
  • √PHILIK “finch, finch, [ᴹ√] small bird” ✧ PE21/80

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
At. phlinke > flinc	[pʰliŋke] > [pʰliŋkʰe] > [pʰliŋxe] > [ɸliŋxe] > [fliŋxe] > [fliŋx] > [fliŋk]	✧ PE21/72
✶philinkĭ > flinc	[pʰilíŋki] > [pʰilíŋke] > [pʰliŋke] > [pʰliŋkʰe] > [pʰliŋxe] > [ɸliŋxe] > [fliŋxe] > [fliŋx] > [fliŋk]	✧ PE21/80

techu

noun. chip

Derivations

• ✶teswā “(?chip)”