N. heledir(n) n. “kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher” (Category: Bird (other))
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s for a kingfisher derived from primitive ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ “fish watcher” with variants heledir and heledirn (Ety/KHAL¹, SKAL², TIR). Tolkien also considered and rejected the form haledir without i-affection (EtyAC/KHAL¹).
References ✧ Ety/KHAL¹, SKAL², TIR; EtyAC/KHAL¹
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Elements
| hâl | “fish” | ||
| tir- | “to watch” | soft-mutation | |
| ᴹ√TIR | “watch, guard” | ✧ Ety/SKAL² | |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√KHAL¹ > heledir | [kʰalatir] > [xalatir] > [xeletir] > [xeledir] > [heledir] | ✧ Ety/KHAL¹ |
| ᴹ√SKAL² > heledir | [skalatir] > [sxalatir] > [xalatir] > [xeletir] > [xeledir] > [heledir] | ✧ Ety/SKAL² |
| ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ > heledirn | [kʰalatirnō] > [kʰalatirno] > [xalatirno] > [xeletirno] > [xeletirn] > [xeledirn] > [heledirn] | ✧ Ety/TIR |