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Doriathrin

tim

noun. spark, star

A noun for “star”, more literally meaning “spark” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tinmē (Ety/TIN). As suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/tim), probably the primitive [[ilk|[nm] became [mm]]] in Ilkorin to produce the final form.

Conceptual Development: Edward Kloczko suggested that Tolkien later reused this word as North Sindarin tim with the same meaning (Tyalië Tyelelliéva #9).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tinwe “spark (star)” ✧ Ety/TIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tinmē “spark, glint” ✧ Ety/TIN
    • ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN

Element in

  • Ilk. tindum “(starry) twilight, starlight” ✧ Ety/TIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tinmē > tim[tinmē] > [tinme] > [timme] > [timm] > [tim]✧ Ety/TIN
Doriathrin [Ety/TIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by