ᴹQ. morilinde n. “nightingale” (Category: Bird (other))
A noun for “nightingale” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. móre “night” and ᴹQ. linde “song” (Ety/MOR). Q. lómelindë “nightingale” is better attested.
Reference ✧ Ety/MOR ✧ “nightingale”
Elements
móre | “blackness, dark, night” | ✧ Ety/MOR |
linde¹ | “air, tune” |
Cognates