Ilk. bril n. “glass, crystal” (Category: Glass)
An Ilkorin word for “glass, crystal” appearing The Etymologies of the 1930s and developed from the primitive form ᴹ✶mbiríl- (Ety/MBIRIL), because in Ilkorin unstressed initial syllables reduced to favored clusters. It was an element in the 1930s Ilkorin name Brilthor “Glittering Torrent” (LR/263). This name survived into Silmarillion drafts of the 1950s (WJ/13), so it may be that this word became Sindarin.
Conceptual Development: Possible precursors include G. brin(in), the glassy substance used to create the Moon in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/24), which became ᴱN. brin “dwarf-glass” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/139).
Reference ✧ Ety/MBIRIL ✧ “glass, crystal”
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| ᴹ√MBIRÍL > bril | [mbiríl] > [mbríl] > [bríl] | ✧ Ety/MBIRIL |
ᴱN. brin n. “dwarf-glass” (Category: Glass)
Reference ✧ PE13/139 ✧ “dwarf-glass”
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G. brin(in) n. “glassy substance” (Category: Glass)
References ✧ GL/24, 33; LT2A/Failivrin
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