ON. sphinde n. “lock of hair”

ON. sphinde n. “lock of hair”

Reference ✧ Ety/SPIN ✧ “lock of hair”

Related

• S. find “tress; single hair” see sphinde “lock of hair”

Element In

• ON. sphindele “(braided) hair” ✧ Ety/SPIN (sphindéle)

Cognates

• ᴹQ. finde “tress, braid of hair” ✧ Ety/SPIN

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶spindē “tress, braid of hair” ✧ Ety/SPIN
  • < ᴹ√SPIN “*hair” ✧ Ety/SPIN

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶spindē > sphinde

[spindē] > [spinde] > [sɸinde]

✧ Ety/SPIN

ᴱN. find n. “hair”

References ✧ PE13/143

Glosses

• “hair” ✧ PE13/143

Variations

• find ✧ PE13/143
• finn ✧ PE13/143

G. finn n. “lock of hair, tress”

References ✧ GL/26, 35; LT2A/Glorfindel; PE15/24

Glosses

• “a lock of hair” ✧ GL/35; GL/35 (findel)
• “lock of hair” ✧ LT2A/Glorfindel; LT2A/Glorfindel (findel)
• “tress” ✧ LT2A/Glorfindel (Findel); PE15/24 (Findel)

Variations

• finn ✧ GL/35; LT2A/Glorfindel
• #findl ✧ GL/26
• Findel ✧ LT2A/Glorfindel; PE15/24; GL/35 (findel); LT2A/Glorfindel (findel)

Related

• Isfin “Snow-locks, Exceeding-cunning” [is per Christopher Tolkien possibly originally related to] finn “lock of hair” ✧ LT2A/Isfin

Changes

• findel >> finn ✧ LT2A/Glorfindel

Element In

• G. cingrafindl “pigtail” ✧ GL/26
• G. Glorfindel “Gold-tress, Goldlocks” ✧ LT2A/Glorfindel; LT2A/Glorfindel (Glorfinn)

Cognates

• ᴱQ. findl “lock of hair, tress” ✧ LT2A/Glorfindel (Findil); PE15/24 (findil)

Derivations

• < ᴱ√FIÐI “*hair”