Gnomish
glonthen
noun. dandelion, (lit.) eye of the day
Derivations
- ᴱ✶glon-χend ✧ GL/40
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶glon-χend > glonthen [glonxend] > [glonθend] > [glonθenn] > [glonθen] ✧ GL/40
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A word for “dandelion” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. glonthen and derived from primitive ᴱ✶glon-χend, effectively a combination of the genitive glôn of G. glâ “day” and G. hen “eye”, and thus more literally “eye of the day” (GL/40).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would update the initial element to be based on the later word S. aur “day”, revising this word to ᴺS. orchen “dandelion, (lit.) day-eye”.