Eldamo : Quenya : sindë

Q. sindë (sindi-) [þ] adj. “grey, pale or silvery grey” (Category: Grey)

Q. sindë (sindi-) [þ], adj. “grey, pale or silvery grey, [ᴹQ.] pale” (Category: Grey)

An earlier form of the Quenya adjective for “grey”, first appearing in The Etymologies (Ety/THIN). It appears in some later writings as well (WJ/384; PE17/141), and possibly remains a valid variant of the better-known sinda. In Notes on Names (NN) from 1957, Tolkien said sinde was the proper adjectival form, since Sinda referred only to Grey Elves (PE17/141), but this isn’t reflected elsewhere in his writings where sinda was used as an ordinary adjective meaning “grey”.

References ✧ PE17/141; WJ/384

Glosses

“grey” ✧ PE17/141
“grey, pale or silvery grey” ✧ WJ/384

Element In

Q. Sindicollo “Grey-cloak”

Cognates

S. thind “grey” ✧ PE17/141 (thinn); PE17/141; PE17/141 (thinn)

Derivations

< ✶thindi “grey” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141 (thĭndĭ); PE17/141 (thinide); WJ/384
- < þinde < thindi ✧ WJ/384
- < √THIN “*grey” ✧ WJ/384

Phonetic Developments

✶thindi- > sinde	[tʰindi] > [θinde] > [θinde] > [sinde]	✧ PE17/141
✶thĭndĭ > sinde	[tʰindi] > [θinidā] > [θinde]	✧ PE17/141
✶thinide > sindë	[tʰinide] > [tʰinde] > [θinde] > [sinde]	✧ PE17/141

ᴹQ. sinde (sindi-) [þ] adj. “grey, pale” (Category: Grey)

Reference ✧ Ety/THIN ✧ “grey, pale”

Element In

ᴹQ. Tindingol “*Grey-wise”
ᴹQ. Sindo “The Grey” ✧ Ety/THIN

Cognates

Ilk. thind “grey” ✧ Ety/THIN
N. thinn “grey, pale” ✧ Ety/THIN

Derivations

< ᴹ✶thindi “pallid, grey, wan” ✧ Ety/THIN
- < ᴹ√THIN “*grey” ✧ Ety/THIN

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶thindi > sinde

[tʰindi] > [θinde] > [θinde] > [sinde]

✧ Ety/THIN