rhân

noun. Moon

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Rana “Moon, (lit.) Wayward” ✧ Ety/RAN

Derivations

• ᴹ√RAN “wander, stray” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
• ᴹ✶Ranā “Moon” ✧ Ety/RAN
  • ᴹ√RAN “wander, stray” ✧ Ety/RAN

Element in

• N. cúran “crescent moon” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶Ranā > Rhân	[ranā] > [rana] > [ran] > [r̥an] > [r̥ān]	✧ Ety/RAN

ithil

noun. Moon

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Isil “Moon, (lit.) Sheen” ✧ Ety/I²; Ety/SIL; Ety/THIL; LR/041; SD/302; SD/306

Derivations

• ᴹ✶Ithil “moon” ✧ Ety/I²; SD/306
• ᴹ√THIL ✧ Ety/SIL; Ety/THIL

Element in

• N. ithildin “*moon-star”
• N. Ithilien “*Moon Lands”
• N. Minas Ithil “Tower of the Moon”
• N. Ithilduin
• N. Arithil “*Moon-day”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶ITHIL > Ithil	[itʰil] > [iθil]	✧ Ety/I²
ᴹ√THIL > Ithil	[itʰil] > [iθil]	✧ Ety/SIL
ᴹ√THIL > Ithil	[itʰil] > [iθil]	✧ Ety/THIL
ᴹ✶Ithīl > Ithil	[itʰīl] > [iθīl] > [iθil]	✧ SD/306