ᴺS. !melillin n. “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song” (Category: Flower (other))
Elements
N. malen | “yellow” |
S. lind¹ | “song, chant, singing; singer” |
G. maloglin n. “yellow song, daffodil” (Category: Flower (other))
A noun appearing as G. maloglin or maloglin “daffodil, [lit.] yellow song” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/56). Its initial element is clearly G. malon “yellow”, and its second element is probably derived from the early root ᴱ√LIŘI [LIÐI] “sing” (QL/54).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would update this word’s elements to [N.] malen “yellow” (< *malina) and lind “song”. If we assume it is the result of an ancient compound, the i in *malina would not undergo a-affection because the element was non-final. As a result, the surviving i would induce i-affection on the a in the first syllable, changing it to e so that end result would be ᴺS. melillin “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song”: *malina-linde > *melin(a)-lind(e) > melillin.
References ✧ GL/56
Glosses
Variations
Elements
malon | “yellow” | ✧ GL/56 |
ᴱ√LIÐI | “sing” |