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Early Quenya

meril

noun. flower

A word for a “flower(s)” in the name ᴱQ. Meril-i-Turinqi “Queen of Flowers” (LT1/16; GL/46).

Conceptual Development: In Tolkien’s later writing, S./N. {Beril >>} Meril was used for the name “Rose”.

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ŊWEĐE “*bloom, flower” ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ŋgu̯eđe > meril[ŋgʷeðil] > [ŋgʷezil] > [ŋgʷeril] > [ŋʷeril] > [meril]✧ GL/45

Variations

  • Meril ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; LT2I/Meril-i-Turinqi
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losille

noun. rose

A variant of ᴱQ. losse “rose” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s (QL/56; PME/56). In later writings lossë was associated with white flowers, not roses.

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