Eldamo : Noldorin : emlin

N. emlin n. “yellow bird, yellow hammer” (Category: Bird (other))

N. emlin, n. “yellow bird, yellow hammer” (Category: Bird (other))

A word for a yellow bird in The Etymologies of the 1930s, apparently the species yellowhammer, appearing under the root ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” (Ety/SMAL). The initial element was derived from primitive ᴹ✶asmalē, which became ON. ammale in Old Noldorin, but at this stage the word was expanded to ON. ammalinde with the addition of *linde “song”, and whole word became emlin as a result of i-affection. Emlin replaced deleted variants ammalen and amalen, both apparently derived from ON. ammalinda, where a-affection trumped i-affection.

References ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL

Glosses

“yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Variations

emlin ✧ Ety/SMAL
ammalen ✧ EtyAC/SMAL
amalen ✧ EtyAC/SMAL

Changes

ammalen >> amalen ✧ EtyAC/SMAL
amalen >> emlin “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ EtyAC/SMAL

Inflections

emelin

plural

✧ EtyAC/SMAL

Cognates

ᴹQ. ambale “yellow bird, yellow hammer” ✧ Ety/SMAL
ON. ammale “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL
ON. ammalinde “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

< ON. ammalinde “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL
- < em(m)elin < ammalinde ✧ Ety/SMAL
- < ᴹ✶asmalindē “yellow bird, ‘yellow hammer’” ✧ Ety/SMAL (asmalindē̆)
  - < ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Phonetic Developments

ON. ammalinde > em(m)elin > emlin

[ammalinde] > [emmelinde] > [emmelind] > [emmlind] > [emmlind] > [emmlinn] > [emmlin] > [emlin]

✧ Ety/SMAL