heledir

noun. kingfisher (bird)

heledirn

noun. kingfisher (bird)

heledir(n)

noun. kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s for a kingfisher derived from primitive ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ “fish watcher” with variants heledir and heledirn (Ety/KHAL¹, SKAL², TIR). Tolkien also considered and rejected the form haledir without i-affection (EtyAC/KHAL¹).

Changes

• haledir → heledir ✧ Ety/KHAL¹

Cognates

• ᴹQ. halatir(no) “kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher” ✧ Ety/KHAL¹; Ety/SKAL²; Ety/TIR

Derivations

• ᴹ√SKAL “small fish” ✧ Ety/KHAL¹; Ety/SKAL²
• ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ “fish watcher” ✧ Ety/TIR

Elements

Word	Gloss
hâl	“fish”
tir-	“to watch”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KHAL¹ > heledir	[kʰalatir] > [xalatir] > [xeletir] > [xeledir] > [heledir]	✧ Ety/KHAL¹
ᴹ√SKAL² > heledir	[skalatir] > [sxalatir] > [xalatir] > [xeletir] > [xeledir] > [heledir]	✧ Ety/SKAL²
ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ > heledirn	[kʰalatirnō] > [kʰalatirno] > [xalatirno] > [xeletirno] > [xeletirn] > [xeledirn] > [heledirn]	✧ Ety/TIR

Variations

• heledir ✧ Ety/KHAL¹ (heledir); Ety/SKAL²
• heledirn ✧ Ety/TIR
• haledir ✧ EtyAC/KHAL¹ (haledir)