Eldamo : Sindarin : Gon(g)lin

S. **Gon(g)lin loc. “Singing Stone, Stone of Music”

S. **Gon(g)lin, loc. “Singing Stone, Stone of Music”

A hypothetical Sindarin name for Gondolin if it had developed from the same primitive form as its Quenya name Ondolindë (PE17/133), also appearing as Goen(g)lin (PE17/29).

References ✧ PE17/29, 133

Glosses

“Singing Stone, Stone of Music” ✧ PE17/133 (**Gonlin/Gonglin)

Variations

**goenlin/goenglin ✧ PE17/29
gynlin ✧ PE17/29
**Gonlin/Gonglin ✧ PE17/133

**goenlin/goenglin would have been the proper cognate instead of Gondolin ✧ PE17/29
**Gonlin/Gonglin “Singing Stone, Stone of Music” would have been the true Sindarin for Gondolin “Singing Stone, Stone of Music” ✧ PE17/133

Changes

gynlin >> **goenlin/goenglin ✧ PE17/29

Cognates

Q. Ondolindë “Rock of the Music of Water, (lit.) Singing Stone” ✧ PE17/133

Derivations

< ✶Gondō̆-lindē ✧ PE17/133
- < Gondlind/Gonglind < Gond-lind < Gondolind < Gondō̆-lindē ✧ PE17/133

Phonetic Developments

✶Gondō̆-lindē > Gondolind > Gond-lind > Gondlind/Gonglind > **Gonlin/Gonglin

[gondolindē] > [gondolinde] > [gondolind] > [gondlind] > [gonlind]

✧ PE17/133