√TIN root. “sparkle, spark”
- √TIN root. “sparkle, spark, [ᴱ√] twinkle, [ᴹ√] emit slender (silver pale) beams”
- ᴱ√GWINI “sparkle”
- ᴱ√SṆTYṆ “twinkle”
The root √TIN was connected to Elvish words for twinkle and sparkle for much of Tolkien’s life. The root first appeared as ᴱ√TINI “twinkle” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. tintya- “sparkle” and ᴱQ. tinwe “star” (QL/92). The root also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. tim “spark, gleam, (star)” and G. tintiltha- “twinkle” (GL/72). In The Etymologies of the 1930s he had the root ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” with derivatives like ᴹQ. tin-/N. tinna- “glint” and ᴹQ. tinwe/N. tinw “spark, (small) star” (Ety/TIN). The root √TIN was mentioned regularly in his later writings with glosses like “spark” or “sparkle” (MR/388; PE17/22, 66).
References ✧ MR/388; PE17/22, 66, 69, 184, 187; RGEO/61; SA/tin
Glosses
Related
- TIN much the same as GIL ✧ PE17/69
- IT¹ “glitter, shine, shimmer, twinkle” might be a variant of TIN “sparkle, spark”
Derivatives
- > North S. tim “spark, sparkle (of stars)” ✧ MR/388; PE17/22
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !tinwírë “diamond, (lit.) sparkling gem”
- ⇒ ᴺS. ^tinthiltha- “to twinkle, *sparkle”
- ⇒ ᴺS. !tinthilthad “sparkling, twinkling, scintillation”
- ⇒ √STIN “grey” ✧ PE17/184
- ⇒ ✶tindōmi “*twilight”
- > ✶tini “spark”
- > S. tîn¹ “spark, sparkle, twinkle of stars”
- > Q. tin- “to spark, glitter”
- ⇒ Q. tindómë “(starry) twilight, (usually) time near dawn” ✧ SA/tin
- > Q. tinta- “to kindle, cause to spark” ✧ PE17/22; PE17/69; SA/tin
- ⇒ Q. Tintallë “(Star) Kindler” ✧ PE17/66; RGEO/61
- ⇒ Q. tintila- “to twinkle, sparkle, glitter, give tremulous light, †tremble” ✧ PE17/66; PE17/66; RGEO/61
- > Q. tinwë “spark, [apparent] star” ✧ MR/388; PE17/22; PE17/66; RGEO/61; SA/tin
- ⇒ S. ithildin “magical alloy that glows in moonlight, (lit.) moon-star” ✧ SA/tin
- > S. tîn¹ “spark, sparkle, twinkle of stars” ✧ PE17/66
- ⇒ S. #tinnu “*twilight”
- ⇒ S. Tinúviel “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight” ✧ SA/tin
ᴹ√TIN root. “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams”
References ✧ Ety/DOMO, PEL(ES), SEL-D, TĀ, THIN, TIN; EtyAC/GIL, STIN, YEL
Glosses
- “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN
Variations
Related
Derivatives
- ⇒ Ilk. tindum “(starry) twilight, starlight” ✧ Ety/DOMO; Ety/THIN
- > Ilk. tingla- “to sparkle” ✧ Ety/TIN
- ⇒ ᴹ✶Tindōmiselde “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight” ✧ Ety/SEL-D; Ety/TIN
- > ᴹ✶tinmē “spark, glint” ✧ Ety/TIN
- > ᴹQ. #tin- “to glint” ✧ Ety/TIN
- > ᴹQ. tinde “glint” ✧ Ety/TIN
- ⇒ ᴹQ. tindóme “(starry) twilight, starlit dusk” ✧ Ety/DOMO; Ety/TIN
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Tindómerel “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight”
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Tindómerel “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight” ✧ EtyAC/YEL
- ⇒ ᴹQ. tingilya “twinkling star” ✧ Ety/TIN; EtyAC/GIL
- > ᴹQ. tinta- “to kindle, make to spark” ✧ Ety/TIN
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Tintánie “Kindler, Star-maker, (lit.) Star-making” ✧ Ety/TIN
- > ᴹQ. tintina- “to sparkle” ✧ Ety/TIN
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Tinwetári “Queen of Stars” ✧ Ety/TĀ
- ⇒ N. gildin “silver spark” ✧ Ety/TIN
- ⇒ N. ithildin “*moon-star”
- ⇒ N. Timbredhil ✧ Ety/TIN
- ⇒ N. Tindobel “Twilit City, Starlit City” ✧ Ety/PEL(ES)
- ⇒ N. Tinfang “Starbeard” ✧ EtyAC/TIN
- > N. tinna- “to glint” ✧ Ety/TIN
- > N. tinnu “(starry) twilight, dusk, early night (without moon)” ✧ Ety/DOMO; Ety/THIN
- > N. tint “spark” ✧ Ety/TIN