Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : THIN

√THIN root. “*grey”

√THIN root. “*grey”: √STIN “grey”

Tolkien introduced the (unglossed) root ᴹ√THIN in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. sinde/N. thinn “grey, pale” and ᴹQ. sinta-/N. †thinna- “fade” (Ety/THIN). In this document it was the basis for the name Ilk. Thingol; in earlier writings from the 1920s the name ᴱN. Thingol was based on the word ᴱN. thing “prince” (PE13/154). The root √THIN or √ΘIN was mentioned a couple times in Tolkien’s later writings as the basis for “grey” words (PE17/72; WJ/384). In a note from the mid-1960s Tolkien considered making the root √STIN the basis for “grey”, as a privative formation = √S-TIN = “without sparkling” (PE17/184), but I think this was a transient idea.

References ✧ PE17/72, 188; WJ/384

Variations

THIN ✧ WJ/384
ΘIN ✧ PE17/72; PE17/188

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. !sin “tin (metal)”
> ᴺS. !thint “tin (metal)”
> ✶thindā “grey”
- > Q. Sinda “Grey-elf” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
  - ⇒ [see above]
- > Q. sinda “grey” ✧ PE17/72
  - ⇒ 12 compounds
- > S. †Thend “*Sinda, Grey-Elf” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
  - ⇒ S. †Thenneth “*Grey-Elf (f.)” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/140; PE17/141; PE17/141
  - ⇒ S. †Thennor “*Grey-Elf (m.)” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/140; PE17/141; PE17/141
- > S. thind “grey” ✧ PE17/72
  - ⇒ ᴺS. !thindrostir “badger”
  - > S. thind “grey” ✧ PE17/141
  - ⇒ S. Thindrim “Sindar”
  - ⇒ S. Thingódhel “*Grey Noldo”
  - ⇒ S. Thingol “Greycloak, Greymantle” ✧ PE17/72; PE17/112; SA/thin(d)
  - ⇒ S. Thinnedhel “Grey-elf”
  - ⇒ S. Thinrod “noble member of the Thindrim”
> ✶thindi “grey” ✧ WJ/384
- > Q. sindë “grey, pale or silvery grey” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; PE17/141; WJ/384
  - ⇒ Q. Sindicollo “Grey-cloak”
- > S. thind “grey” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/141; PE17/141
  - ⇒ ᴺS. !thindrostir “badger”
  - > S. thind “grey” ✧ PE17/141
  - ⇒ S. Thindrim “Sindar”
  - ⇒ S. Thingódhel “*Grey Noldo”
  - ⇒ S. Thingol “Greycloak, Greymantle” ✧ PE17/72; PE17/112; SA/thin(d)
  - ⇒ S. Thinnedhel “Grey-elf”
  - ⇒ S. Thinrod “noble member of the Thindrim”
- > Van. thindë “grey, pale or silvery grey” ✧ WJ/384
> Q. Sinda “Grey-elf” ✧ WJ/384
- ⇒ Q. Sindarin “Grey-elven” ✧ SMI/Sindar
  - ⇒ Q. hwesta sindarinwa “Grey-elven hw” ✧ LotR/1123
> Q. sinda “grey” ✧ PE17/72
- ⇒ 12 compounds
⇒ Q. Sindel “Grey-elf” ✧ WJ/384

ᴹ√THIN root. “*grey”

See √THIN for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/THIN, TIN, WIN

TIN ✧ Ety/THIN
THIN largely the reason for the “twilight” of TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN
TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” affected by THIN ✧ Ety/TIN

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶thindi “pallid, grey, wan” ✧ Ety/THIN
- > Ilk. thind “grey” ✧ Ety/THIN
  - ⇒ Ilk. Thind ✧ Ety/THIN
  - ⇒ Ilk. Thingol “*Grey-wise” ✧ Ety/THIN
    - ⇒ Ilk. Tor Thingol “King Thingol” ✧ Ety/THIN
- > ᴹQ. sinde “grey, pale” ✧ Ety/THIN
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. Sindo “The Grey” ✧ Ety/THIN
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. Tindingol “*Grey-wise”
- > N. thinn “grey, pale” ✧ Ety/THIN
> ᴹQ. sinta- “to fade, *(lit.) become grey” ✧ Ety/THIN
> ᴹQ. sinye “evening” ✧ Ety/THIN
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !sinyemat “dinner, evening meal”
> ᴹT. Findo ✧ Ety/THIN
> N. †thîn “evening” ✧ Ety/THIN
> ON. thintha- “to fade” ✧ Ety/THIN
- > N. thinna- “to fade, *(lit.) become grey” ✧ Ety/THIN