Eldamo : Middle Quenya : lómelinde

ᴹQ. lómelinde n. “nightingale” (Category: Bird (other))

See Q. lómelindë for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/DOƷ, LIN², TIN; LR/41; SD/302

Glosses

“nightingale” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN; LR/41 (lōmelindë); SD/302 (lōmelinde)

Variations

lómelinde ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN
lōmelindë ✧ LR/41; SD/302

Elements

lóme	“night, night-time, shades of night, gloom”	✧ Ety/DOƷ; LR/41 (lōmë); SD/302 (lōme)
linde¹	“air, tune”	✧ Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN (#linde)

ᴹ√DOM	“faint, dim”	✧ Ety/TIN

Cognates

Ilk. myrilind “nightingale” ✧ Ety/TIN (mur(i)lind/myr(i)lind)
N. dúlin(n) “nightingale” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LIN² (dūlinn); Ety/TIN (dúlin); SD/302 (duilin)

Derivations

< ᴹ✶dōmilindē “nightingale” ✧ SD/302

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶dōmilindē > lōmelinde

[dōmilindē] > [lōmilindē] ? [lōmelindē] > [lōmelinde]

✧ SD/302

ᴹQ. morilinde n. “nightingale” (Category: Bird (other))

A noun for “nightingale” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. móre “night” and ᴹQ. linde “song” (Ety/MOR). Q. lómelindë “nightingale” is better attested.

Reference ✧ Ety/MOR ✧ “nightingale”

Elements

móre	“blackness, dark, night”	✧ Ety/MOR
linde¹	“air, tune”

Cognates

Ilk. myrilind “nightingale” ✧ Ety/MOR (murilind/myrilind)