Eldamo : Noldorin : tinc

N. tinc n. “metal” (Category: Metal)

N. tinc, n. “metal” (Category: Metal): S. #raud² “metal”; N. rhaud “metal”; G. tinc “a flicker, a gleam”

A word for “metal” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√TINKŌ of the same meaning (Ety/TINKŌ).

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor is G. sinc “metal” from the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/67), a cognate of ᴱQ. sink “mineral, gem, metal” under the early root ᴱ√SINI “pale blue” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/83). For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I prefer to use ᴺS. sinc for “*mineral”.

Reference ✧ Ety/TINKŌ ✧ “metal”

ᴺS. sinc “*mineral, ⚠️[G.] metal” vs. tinc “metal”

Element In

ᴺS. !tingen “metallic”

Cognates

ᴹQ. tinko “metal” ✧ Ety/TINKŌ

Derivations

< ᴹ√TINKŌ “metal” ✧ Ety/TINKŌ

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√TINKŌ > tinc

[tiŋko] > [tiŋko] > [tiŋkʰo] > [tiŋxo] > [tiŋx] > [tiŋk]

✧ Ety/TINKŌ