S. Tinúviel f. “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight”
The name that Beren gave to Lúthien, translated “Nightingale”, more literally “Daughter of Twilight” (S/165), a derivation of the primitive form ✶Tindōmiselde (PE19/73). It is essentially a combination of tinnu “twilight” and the suffix -iel¹, except that the archaic final -v lost in tinnu was preserved in the compound.
Conceptual Development: This name first appeared as G. Tynwfiel in the earliest Lost Tales, probably a Welsh-like spelling of the name, but this was revised to Tinúviel (LT2/41), the form Tolkien more or less retained thereafter. The translation “Nightingale” for ᴱN. Tinúviel emerged in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/153). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, N. Tinúviel had the same derivation as given above (Ety/SEL-D, TIN).
References ✧ LB/354; LotR/193; LotRI/Lúthien, Tinúviel; LT1I; MR/373; MRI; PE19/73; S/165; SA/tin; SI; UTI/Lúthien, Tinúviel; WJ/62; WJI
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| Dinúviel | mixed-mutation | “Nightingale” | ✧ MR/373 |
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| #tinnu | “*twilight” | ✧ PE19/73 (#Tinnú) | |
| -iel¹ | “daughter; feminine suffix” | ||
| √TIN | “sparkle, spark” | ✧ SA/tin | |
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| ✶tindōmi-sel(dĕ) > tindúmhihel > Tinnúviel | [tindōmiselde] > [tindōmihelde] > [tindōmihelðe] > [tindūmihelðe] > [tindūmihelð] > [tindūmielð] > [tindūmiell] > [tinnūmiell] > [tinnūmiel] > [tinnūviel] | ✧ PE19/73 |
N. Tinúviel f. “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight”
References ✧ Ety/SEL-D, TIN; LRI; PE19/33; RS/182; RSI; SM/109; SMI
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| ON. tindūmhiell > Tinnúviel > Tinúviel | [tindūviell] > [tinnūviell] > [tinnūviel] ? [tinūviel] | ✧ Ety/TIN |
ᴱN. Tinúviel f. “Nightingale”
References ✧ LB/22, 153, 180; LBI; SM/24
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