nîn

noun. tear

Derivations

• ᴹ✶neinē “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI
  • ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI; EtyAC/NEI
• ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI

Element in

• N. Níniel “Tear-maiden; Tearful”
• N. niniel “tearful” ✧ Ety/NEI
• N. nínui “*tearful”
• N. nínim “snowdrop” ✧ Ety/NEI

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶neinē > nîn	[neinē] > [neine] > [nīne] > [nīn]	✧ Ety/NEI

Variations

• nî ✧ EtyAC/NEI (nî)

nîn

noun. tear

nîr

noun. tear, weeping

lhîn

noun. pool

lhîn

noun. pool

Cognates

• ᴹQ. linya “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Derivations

• ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/KHIS; Ety/LIN¹

Element in

• N. Hithliniath “Pools of Mist” ✧ Ety/KHIS
• N. Orodlin

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√LIN¹ > lhîn	[linje] > [linie] > [lini] > [lin] > [l̥in] > [l̥īn]	✧ Ety/LIN¹

nen

noun. water

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nén “water” ✧ Ety/NEN

Derivations

• ᴹ√NEN “*water” ✧ Ety/NEN
• ᴹ✶nē̆n “water” ✧ PE21/58
  • ᴹ√NEN “*water”

Element in

• N. Bruinen “Loudwater”
• N. Harnen “*South Water”
• N. Lebennin “Seven Streams”
• N. Nen Girith “Shuddering Water”
• N. Nen-uinel
• N. nenui “wet”
• N. Nenuial “Evendimmer”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NEN > nen	[nen]	✧ Ety/NEN
ᴹ√NEN > nîn	[neni] > [nini] > [nin] > [nīn]	✧ Ety/NEN

Variations

• nĕn ✧ PE21/58 (nĕn)

nenn

adjective. watery

An adjective given as N. nenn “watery” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from primitive ᴹ✶nendā (Ety/NEN).

Neo-Sindarin: In keeping with the idea that the sound “remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables” in Sindarin (LotR/1115), I would represent this word as ᴺS. nend in Neo-Sindarin.

Derivations

• ᴹ✶nendā “watery, wet” ✧ Ety/NEN
  • ᴹ√NEN “*water” ✧ Ety/NEN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶nendā > nend > nenn	[nendā] > [nenda] > [nend] > [nenn]	✧ Ety/NEN

lhimp

adjective. wet

lhimp

adjective. wet

Cognates

• ᴹQ. linqe “wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream” ✧ Ety/LINKWI

Derivations

• ᴹ√LINKWI “*wet” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
  • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√LINKWI > lhimp	[liŋkwi] > [liŋkwe] > [limpe] > [limpʰe] > [limɸe] > [limfe] > [limf] > [l̥imf] > [l̥imp] > [l̥imp]	✧ Ety/LINKWI

lhorn

noun. quiet water

lhorn

noun. anchorage, harbour

liniath

noun. pools

mesc

adjective. wet

mesc

adjective. wet

mesg

adjective. wet

mesg

adjective. wet

@@@ mesc may be alternate form

Cognates

• ᴹQ. miksa “wet, wet, *damp” ✧ Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK

Derivations

• ᴹ√MISIK “*wet” ✧ Ety/MISK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MISK > mesc > mesg	[miska] > [meska] > [mesk] > [mesg]	✧ Ety/MISK
ᴹ√MISK > miss	[misse] > [miss]	✧ Ety/MISK

Variations

• miss ✧ EtyAC/MISK (miss)

nen

noun. water (used of a lake, pool or lesser river)

nen

noun. waterland

nend

adjective. watery

nenn

adjective. watery

nenui

adjective. wet

Element in

• N. Palath Nenui “Wetwang” ✧ TI/268

Elements

Word	Gloss
nen	“water”
-ui	“adjective suffix”

Variations

• Nenui ✧ TI/268

oel

noun. lake, pool, mere

rhim

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)

rhimb

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)