Another name for a Silmaril appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a compound of Noldo and míre “jewel” (Ety/ÑGOLOD).
Qenya
silma
adjective. silver, shining white
ilma
proper name. Starlight
silmaril
proper name. Silmaril
noldomír(e)
proper name. Silmaril
ilumíre
proper name. Silmaril
-iel
suffix. daughter
-ien
suffix. daughter
esse
noun. name
hyelle
noun. glass
telpe
noun. silver
tyelpe
noun. silver
yelde
noun. daughter
yen(de)
noun. daughter
This name first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the early 1930s as ᴹQ. Silma >> Ilma >> Ilmen as a name for the “Place of Light”, home of the stars (SM/240-1). It reappeared in the mid-30s as a word for “Starlight” (LR/205), and also appeared in The Etymologies as a derivative of ᴹ√GIL, alongside (and perhaps an element of) Ilmen “region above air where stars are” (Ety/GIL).