Eldamo : Early Quenya : meril

ᴱQ. meril n. “flower” (Category: Flower)

⚠️ᴱQ. meril, n. “flower” (Category: Flower): Q. lótë “flower, single blossom; ⚠️[ᴱQ.] bloom”; ᴺQ. !merillë “rose”

A word for a “flower(s)” in the name ᴱQ. Meril-i-Turinqi “Queen of Flowers” (LT1/16; GL/46).

Conceptual Development: In Tolkien’s later writing, S./N. {Beril >>} Meril was used for the name “Rose”.

References ✧ GL/45-46; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; LT2I/Meril-i-Turinqi

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Derivations

< ᴱ√ŊWEĐE “*bloom, flower” ✧ GL/45 (ŋgu̯eđe); GL/45 (ŋgu̯eđe); LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi (mer-)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ŋgu̯eđe > meril

[ŋgʷeðil] > [ŋgʷezil] > [ŋgʷeril] > [ŋʷeril] > [meril]

✧ GL/45