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The word derives from [[Common Eldarin]] ''[[phini-]]'' ("a single hair") and ''[[phindē]]'' ("a tress").<ref name=PM/> | The word derives from [[Common Eldarin]] ''[[phini-]]'' ("a single hair") and ''[[phindē]]'' ("a tress").<ref name=PM/> | ||
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*[[Fingon#Etymology|'''''Finde'''káno'']]<ref name=PM/> | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 13 February 2013
findë means "hair", or mor specifically "a tress or plait of hair", in Quenya.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word derives from Common Eldarin phini- ("a single hair") and phindē ("a tress").[1]
Examples[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", pp. 345, 362
