G. aibin n. “cherry (tree)” (Category: Berry)
A word appearing as G. aibin “cherry tree” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s along with a variant aibios, both cognates to ᴱQ. aipio of similar meaning (GL/18). Its initial element was from the early root ᴱ√AYA¹ having to do with reverence (QL/34), and its final elements were variants of the berry words G. pibin and G. piog (GL/64). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips the word became {ebin >>} eibin “cherry” (PE13/113), with the vowel change due to the newly introduced i-affection.
Neo-Sindarin: I would update this word to ᴺS. aebin which is more compatible with the phonetic developments of Sindarin in the 1950s and 60s, where ai become ae. I would use it for both a “cherry” and a “cherry tree”.
References ✧ GL/18; PE13/113
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Elements
| ᴱ√AYA¹ | “honour, revere” |
| pibin | “small berry, haw” |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√aı̯¹ > aibin | [aipin] > [aibin] | ✧ GL/18 |