A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s for “pale blue” used in an abandoned explanation of N. Eredlindon as “Blue Mountains” (Ety/GLINDI; EtyAC/GLINDI). Later this name was S. Ered Lindon “Mountains of Lindon” (Ety/LIN²; S/123).
Middle Primitive Elvish
win(i)d
root. pale blue
Changes
WIN/WIND→ WINID/WIND ✧ EtyAC/WINWINID/WIND→ THIN ✧ Ety/WINDerivatives
Variations
WIN/WIND✧ Ety/WIN (WIN/WIND)GWINDI✧ EtyAC/GWINDI (GWINDI)WINID/WIND✧ EtyAC/WIN (WINID/WIND)
windı̯ā
adjective. pale blue
Derivations
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WIN(I)D“pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WINDerivatives
Variations
windi✧ Ety/WIN (windi); EtyAC/WIN (windi)windiā✧ EtyAC/WIN
glindi
root. pale blue
Derivatives
Variations
GLIND✧ EtyAC/LUG² (GLIND)
A rejected with roots with derivatives having to do with “blue-grey” and “fading” (Ety/WIN), perhaps replacing another rejected root ᴹ√GWINDI (EtyAC/GWINDI).