S. eirien n. “daisy” (Category: Flower (other))
A word for “daisy” as the name of one of the daughters of Samwise (SD/126). Its origin is unclear, but David Salo suggested it might be a loan from Q. Arien “Sun-maiden” (GS/228).
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the word for “daisy” was G. hetheglon derived from primitive {ᴱ✶heth·seg·glôn >>} ᴱ✶heth·thed·’lon, effectively a combination of G. heth “white”, G. thed “eye”, and the genitive glôn of G. glâ “day” (GL/49), so literally “*white eye-of-day”. G. glonthen “dandelion” from the same document had a similar derivation = “eye of the day” (GL/40).
Reference ✧ SD/126 ✧ Eirien “daisy”
Element In
G. hetheglon n. “daisy” (Category: Flower (other))
Reference ✧ GL/49 ✧ “daisy”
Elements
heth² | “white, pallid, wan” | ✧ GL/49 | |
thed | “eye; bud” | ||
glâ | “day, daytime” | genitive |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
ᴱ✶heth·thed·’lon > hetheglon | [xeθθedlon] > [heθθedlon] > [heθθeglon] > [heθeglon] | ✧ GL/49 |