ᴹQ. Endien pn. “Midyear (week)”
A Mid-year week of holidays appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a compound of ende “middle” and yén “year” (Ety/LEP, YEN). It also appeared in the early drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices as an alternate name for Autumn (PM/135).
See Q. enderi for further discussion.
References ✧ Ety/LEP, YEN; PM/135
Glosses
Elements
| ende | “centre, middle, core” | ||
| yén | “year” | ✧ Ety/YEN | |
| ᴹ√(E)NED | “centre, middle” | ✧ Ety/YEN (ÉNED) | |
Cognates
ᴱQ. austalende n. “mid-summer’s day” (Category: Summer)
References ✧ PME/33; QL/33
Glosses
Elements
| austa | “(high) summer” | ✧ QL/33 |
| kalende | “festival, a special day” |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ✶austakalende > austalende | [austakalende] ? [austalende] | ✧ QL/33 |