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S. eirien n. “daisy” (Category: Flower (other))

S. eirien, n. “daisy” (Category: Flower (other))

A word for “daisy” as the name of one of the daughters of Samwise (SD/126). Its origin is unclear, but David Salo suggested it might be a loan from Q. Arien “Sun-maiden” (GS/228).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the word for “daisy” was G. hetheglon derived from primitive {ᴱ✶heth·seg·glôn >>} ᴱ✶heth·thed·’lon, effectively a combination of G. heth “white”, G. thed “eye”, and the genitive glôn of G. glâ “day” (GL/49), so literally “*white eye-of-day”. G. glonthen “dandelion” from the same document had a similar derivation = “eye of the day” (GL/40).

Reference ✧ SD/126 ✧ Eirien “daisy”

Element In


G. hetheglon n. “daisy” (Category: Flower (other))

See S. eirien for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/49 ✧ “daisy”

Elements

heth² “white, pallid, wan” ✧ GL/49
thed “eye; bud”
glâ “day, daytime” genitive

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶heth·thed·’lon > hetheglon [xeθθedlon] > [heθθedlon] > [heθθeglon] > [heθeglon] ✧ GL/49