Noldorin 

rhein

noun. border

Noldorin [Ety/383, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhein

noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint

Noldorin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhein

noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint

A noun appearing as N. rhein “slot, spoor, track, footprint” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√RUN “flat of hand or sole of foot” (Ety/RUN). It seems to be derived from ᴹ✶runya, with an intermediate form rhoein, where the ancient u became o via a-affection, then this o became œ via i-affection and then later e, while the [[n|y [ı̯] intruded into the preceding syllable]] after the loss of -a made it final.

Neo-Sindarin: This word was adapted as ᴺS. rein in HSD (HSD), with the usual removal of Noldorin-style voiceless rh. However, the actual phonological results in Sindarin would probably be ᴺS. ruin; compare S. ruin “fiery red” with Quenya cognate runya (PM/366). Since ruin already has several meanings in Sindarin, I would retain ᴺS. rein as an obscure dialectical variant.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. runya “slot, footprint” ✧ Ety/RUN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶runya “spoor, track, footprint” ✧ Ety/RUN
    • ᴹ√RUN “flat of hand or sole of foot” ✧ Ety/RUN

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶runya > rhoein > rhein[runja] > [ronja] > [ronia] > [rœnia] > [rœni] > [rœin] > [r̥œin] > [r̥ein]✧ Ety/RUN

rhœin

noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint

Noldorin [Ety/384, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhain

noun. border

Noldorin [Ety/383, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhain

noun. border

Changes

  • rhaenrhain ✧ Ety/REG

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. réna “edge, border, margin” ✧ Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG

Derivations

  • ᴹ√REG “edge, border, margin” ✧ Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG

Element in

  • N. edraenui “?outside, bordering, outer” ✧ EtyAC/REG (edraenui)
  • N. edrein “*(outer) border” ✧ Ety/REG
  • N. Emyn Rhain “Border Hills” ✧ TI/313
  • N. Duil Rain “Border Hills” ✧ TI/268 (Duil Rain)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√REG > rhein > rhain[regna] > [reŋna] > [reina] > [rein] > [r̥ein] > [r̥ain]✧ Ety/REG
ᴹ√RAG > rhaen[ragna] > [raŋna] > [raina] > [rain] > [r̥ain] > [r̥aen]✧ EtyAC/REG

Variations

  • rhain ✧ Ety/REG
  • rhaen ✧ EtyAC/REG (rhaen)
  • Rhain ✧ TI/313
Noldorin [Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG; TI/268; TI/313] Group: Eldamo. Published by

edrein

noun. border

Noldorin [Ety/383, X/EI] ed+rain. Group: SINDICT. Published by