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ᴺS. !melillin n. “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song” (Category: Flower (other))

ᴺS. !melillin, n. “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song” [created by Paul Strack] (Category: Flower (other))
See G. maloglin for discussion.

Elements

N. malen “yellow”
S. lind¹ “song, chant, singing; singer”

G. maloglin n. “yellow song, daffodil” (Category: Flower (other))

A noun appearing as G. maloglin or maloglin “daffodil, [lit.] yellow song” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/56). Its initial element is clearly G. malon “yellow”, and its second element is probably derived from the early root ᴱ√LIŘI [LIÐI] “sing” (QL/54).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would update this word’s elements to [N.] malen “yellow” (< *malina) and lind “song”. If we assume it is the result of an ancient compound, the i in *malina would not undergo a-affection because the element was non-final. As a result, the surviving i would induce i-affection on the a in the first syllable, changing it to e so that end result would be ᴺS. melillin “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song”: *malina-linde > *melin(a)-lind(e) > melillin.

References ✧ GL/56

Glosses

Variations

Elements

malon “yellow” ✧ GL/56
ᴱ√LIÐI “sing”