lhuien

place name. Lhuien

Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Lórien appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/LOS). It perhaps developed from a primitive form ✱✶Lōsien, where the [[on|intervocalic [s] became [h]]] and then this [[n|[h] vanished after vowels]], as opposed to Quenya where the [s] became [r].

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Lórien ✧ Ety/LOS

Derivations

• ᴹ√(O)LOS “sleep; dream” ✧ Ety/LOS
• ᴹ√(O)LOR “sleep; dream” ✧ EtyAC/LOS

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√LOS > Lhuien	[lōsien] > [lūsien] > [lūhien] > [l̥ūhien] > [l̥uien]	✧ Ety/LOS

Variations

• lhu(i)nen ✧ EtyAC/LOS (lhu(i)nen)