G. glonthen n. “dandelion, (lit.) eye of the day” (Category: Flower (other))
A word for “dandelion” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. glonthen and derived from primitive ᴱ✶glon-χend, effectively a combination of the genitive glôn of G. glâ “day” and G. hen “eye”, and thus more literally “eye of the day” (GL/40).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would update the initial element to be based on the later word S. aur “day”, revising this word to ᴺS. orchen “dandelion, (lit.) day-eye”.
Reference ✧ GL/40 ✧ “‘eye of the day’, dandelion”
Elements
glâ | “day, daytime” | genitive | ✧ GL/40 (†glôn) |
hen | “eye” | ✧ GL/40 (#hen) |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
ᴱ✶glon-χend > glonthen | [glonxend] > [glonθend] > [glonθenn] > [glonθen] | ✧ GL/40 |