A Noldorin name for the Silmarils appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/MIR), some kind of elaboration on mîr “jewel”.
Noldorin
silevril
noun. Silmaril
silevril
proper name. Silmaril
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Silmaril ✧ Ety/MIR; Ety/RIL; Ety/SIL; LRI/Silmaril
Derivations
- ᴹ✶silimarille ✧ Ety/RIL
Element in
- N. Pennas Silevril “History of the Silmarils” ✧ LR/202; LR/202
Elements
Word Gloss silef “silver, shining white” RIL “glitter” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶silima-rille > Silevril [?] ✧ Ety/RIL
golodhvir
noun. Silmaril
golovir
noun. Silmaril
mirion
proper name. Silmaril
síla-
verb. to shine white
Noldorin term for a Silmaril appearing in Silmarillion drafts and The Etymologies from the 1930s (LR/202; Ety/MIR, RIL, SIL). It is a combination of silef “silver, shining white” and the root ᴹ√RIL “glitter”.
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, the Gnomish equivalent of Silmaril was Silubrilt (GL/67), a combination of Sil “Moon” and brithla “pearl” (LT1A/Silmarilli).