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N. heledir(n) n. “kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher” (Category: Bird (other))

N. heledir(n), n. “kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher” (Category: Bird (other))

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s for a kingfisher derived from primitive ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ “fish watcher” with variants heledir and heledirn (Ety/KHAL¹, SKAL², TIR). Tolkien also considered and rejected the form haledir without i-affection (EtyAC/KHAL¹).

References ✧ Ety/KHAL¹, SKAL², TIR; EtyAC/KHAL¹

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Elements

hâl “fish”
tir- “to watch” soft-mutation
ᴹ√TIR “watch, guard” ✧ Ety/SKAL²

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√KHAL¹ > heledir [kʰalatir] > [xalatir] > [xeletir] > [xeledir] > [heledir] ✧ Ety/KHAL¹
ᴹ√SKAL² > heledir [skalatir] > [sxalatir] > [xalatir] > [xeletir] > [xeledir] > [heledir] ✧ Ety/SKAL²
ᴹ✶khalatirnō̆ > heledirn [kʰalatirnō] > [kʰalatirno] > [xalatirno] > [xeletirno] > [xeletirn] > [xeledirn] > [heledirn] ✧ Ety/TIR