Noldorin
rhein
noun. border
rhein
noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint
rhein
noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint
Cognates
- ᴹQ. runya “slot, footprint” ✧ Ety/RUN
Derivations
Element in
- N. Celeb(?)rhein “?Silver-footprint” ✧ Ety/RUN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶runya > rhoein > rhein [runja] > [ronja] > [ronia] > [rœnia] > [rœni] > [rœin] > [r̥œin] > [r̥ein] ✧ Ety/RUN
rhœin
noun. slot, spoor, track, footprint
rhain
noun. border
rhain
noun. border
Changes
rhaen→ rhain ✧ Ety/REGCognates
- 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
Development Stages Sources 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
edrein
noun. border
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.