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S. duin n. “(large) river” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)

S. duin, n. “(large) river; ⚠️[N.] water” (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; PM/54; RC/765; S/123; SA/duin; VT48/24, 30; WJ/191

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Duinath nasal-mutation class-plural; d-mutation “rivers” ✧ S/123

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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)

See S. duin for discussion.

Reference ✧ EtyAC/DUI ✧ “water, river”

Element In

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Phonetic Developments

Ilk. duin > duin [duin] ✧ EtyAC/DUI

G. duif (duiv-) n. “stream” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)

See S. duin for discussion.

References ✧ GL/31

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duiv- stem ✧ GL/31

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Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶duiwe > duif [duiwe] > [duive] > [duiv] ✧ GL/31