S. duin n. “(large) river” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)
A Sindarin word for river, more specifically a large one (LotR/1138; PM/54; RC/765; VT48/24), derived from primitive ✶duinē and the root √DUY “flow (strongly), flood, inundate” (RC/766; VT48/23-24).
Conceptual Development: The first precursor to this word seems to be G. duif “stream” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶duiwe and related to G. duil “flight” (GL/31). The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. duin under the root ᴹ√DUI̯, but there it was a loan word from Ilk. duin “water, river”. After Tolkien abandoned Ilkorin, it became a native Sindarin word.
References ✧ LotR/1138; PE23/136; PM/54; RC/765; S/123; SA/duin; VT48/24, 30; WJ/191
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| Duinath | nasal-mutation class-plural; d-mutation | “rivers” | ✧ S/123 |
| ðuin | soft-mutation; d-mutation | “river” | ✧ PE23/136 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶duinē > duin | [duinē] > [duine] > [duin] | ✧ RC/765 |
| ✶duini > duin | [duini] > [duine] > [duin] | ✧ VT48/24 |
N. duin n. “water, river” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)
Reference ✧ EtyAC/DUI ✧ “water, river”
Element In
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| Ilk. duin > duin | [duin] | ✧ EtyAC/DUI |