Noldorin
ninn
adjective. slender
ninn
adjective. slender
Cognates
- ᴹQ. ninde “slender” ✧ Ety/NIN-DI
Derivations
- ᴹ√NINDI “fragile, thin” ✧ Ety/NIN-DI
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NIN-DI > ninn [nindi] > [ninde] > [nind] > [ninn] ✧ Ety/NIN-DI
nen
noun. water (used of a lake, pool or lesser river)
nen
noun. waterland
nen
noun. water
Cognates
- ᴹQ. nén “water” ✧ Ety/NEN
Derivations
Element in
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)
lhûn
adjective. (unknown meaning)
lhorn
noun. quiet water
lhorn
noun. anchorage, harbour
lhûn
adjective. blue
Cognates
- ᴹQ. lúne “blue, blue, [ᴱQ.] deep blue” ✧ Ety/LUG²
Derivations
Element in
- N. Eredluin “Blue Mountains” ✧ Ety/LUG²
- N. Lhûn “Blue River”
- N. Lhúnorodrim “Blue Mountains” ✧ Ety/LUG²
- N. Luindirien “Blue Towers” ✧ Ety/LUG²
- N. Tor-dilluin
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶lugni > lhûn [lugni] > [lugne] > [luŋne] > [lūne] > [lūn] > [l̥ūn] ✧ Ety/LUG² ᴹ✶lugni > luin [lugnī] > [lugni] > [luŋni] > [lūni] > [luin] > [l̥uin] ✧ Ety/LUG²
elw
adjective. (pale) blue
This word, which also appears on the map of Middle-earth in LotR, is glossed as "blue" in The Etymologies, but Tolkien later rejected this meaning (as luin was already used in that sense). He then proposed several explanations for it, including the possible adaptation of a Dwarvish name into Sindarin, but he apparently never reached a definitive solution.