Eldamo : Middle Quenya : fine

ᴹQ. fine n. “larch” (Category: Pine)

ᴹQ. finë, n. “larch” (Category: Pine): ᴱQ. pimpevinnë “larch”

A word for “larch” [a type of pine tree] in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶spinē under the root ᴹ√SPIN (Ety/SPIN).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. fine “larch” also appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/38), and it appeared again in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/140).

Reference ✧ Ety/SPIN ✧ “larch”

Cognates

ᴺS. finios “larch”

Derivations

< ᴹ✶spinē “larch” ✧ Ety/SPIN
- < ᴹ√SPIN “*hair” ✧ Ety/SPIN

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶spinē > fine

[spinē] > [ɸinē] > [ɸine] > [fine]

✧ Ety/SPIN

ᴱQ. fine n. “larch” (Category: Pine)

See ᴹQ. fine for discussion.

References ✧ PE16/140; QL/38, 74

Glosses

“larch” ✧ PE16/140; QL/38

Variations

fine ✧ PE16/140; QL/38; QL/74

pimpevinne “larch” = fine ✧ QL/74

Inflections

fini

plural

✧ PE16/140

Element In

ᴱQ. pimpevinne “larch” ✧ QL/74

Cognates

G. fini(o)s “larch”