S. fîn n. “(single) hair, filament” (Category: Hair)
A noun for a single hair appearing in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 derived from primitive ✶phini- (PM/362 note #37). The form fin- also appeared in a torn-half sheet as a derivative of √SPIN- “a single hair, filament” (PE17/17).
Conceptual Development: Earlier words for a single hair include G. fith, pl. fidhin from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/35) and ᴱN. fîr from Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/143).
References ✧ PE17/17; PM/362; SA/fin
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| √SPIN- > fin- | [spini] > [spine] > [sɸine] > [ɸine] > [fine] > [fin] > [fīn] | ✧ PE17/17 |
| ✶phini- > fîn | [pʰini] > [pʰine] > [ɸine] > [fine] > [fin] > [fīn] | ✧ PM/362 |
ᴱN. fîr n. “a hair” (Category: Hair)
Reference ✧ PE13/143 ✧ fír “a hair”
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G. fith (fidh-) n. “single hair” (Category: Hair)
References ✧ GL/35; LT2A/Glorfindel
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| fidhin | plural | ✧ GL/35; LT2A/Glorfindel |
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