nîr

noun. tear, weeping, weeping, [G.] grief, sorrow; [N.] tear

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nie “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI

Derivations

• ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI
• ᴹ✶neñrē “tear, weeping” ✧ EtyAC/NEI
  • ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ EtyAC/NEI

Element in

• S. nirnaeth “tears, tears, [N.] lamentation”
• N. nírnaeth “lamentation” ✧ Ety/NEI
• ᴺS. nírol “sad, sorrowing, *sorrowful”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NEI̯ > nîr	[neire] > [nīre] > [nīr]	✧ Ety/NEI
ᴹ✶neñrē > nîr	[neŋrē] > [neɣrē] > [nēre] > [nīre] > [nīr]	✧ EtyAC/NEI

nîr

noun. tear, weeping

dîr

noun. man, referring to an adult male (elf, mortal, or of any other speaking race)

nîn

noun. tear

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)

benn

noun. man, male

bess

noun. (young) woman

bess

noun. wife

callon

noun. hero

callon

noun. hero

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kallo “noble man, hero” ✧ Ety/KAL

Derivations

• ᴹ✶kalrondō “hero” ✧ Ety/KAL

Elements

Word	Gloss
-(r)on	“agental suffix”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶kalrondō > callon	[kalrondō] > [kallondō] > [kallondo] > [kallond] > [kallonn] > [kallon]	✧ Ety/KAL

dess

noun. young woman

dî

noun. woman, lady

forodrim

noun. Northmen

forodwaith

noun. Northmen

forodwaith

noun. the lands of the North

forodweith

noun. Northmen

forodweith

noun. the lands of the North

thalion

noun. hero, dauntless man (especially as surname of Húrin Thalion)