Qenya
lindornea
adjective. having many oaks
Elements
Word Gloss lin- “many” nornea “*of oak”
lin-
prefix. many
Derivations
- ᴹ√LI “many; large people” ✧ Ety/DÓRON; Ety/LI; Ety/YEN
Element in
- ᴹQ. lilótime “*many-flowered”
- ᴹQ. lindornea “having many oaks” ✧ Ety/DÓRON; Ety/LI
- ᴹQ. lintyulussea “having many poplars” ✧ Ety/LI
- ᴹQ. linyenwa “old, having many years” ✧ Ety/YEN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LI > lin- [lin-] ✧ Ety/DÓRON ᴹ√LI > lin- [lin-] ✧ Ety/LI Variations
- lin- ✧ Ety/DÓRON; Ety/LI; Ety/YEN (lin-)
A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “having many oak-trees” or “having many oaks”, a combination of ᴹQ. lin- “many” and an adjectival form of ᴹQ. norno “oak”, where the more ancient initial consonant d- was preserved/restored in the compound (Ety/DÓRON, LI).