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Possible [[OS]] *''meldondo'', [[root]] [[MEL]]
Possible [[OS]] *''meldondo'', [[root]] [[MEL]]


[[PQ]] could have been *''meldô'' but perhaps the ending ''-ondo/-on'' was added because the final vowel disappears in Sindarin, and the word needed an ending. Without an ending it would become **''[[mell]]'' which would be identical to the word for "love".
==Cognates==
==Cognates==
*[[Quenya]]: ''[[meldo]]''.
*[[Quenya]]: ''[[meldo]]''.

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Mellon pl. mellyn is the Sindarin term for friend.

Etymology

Possible OS *meldondo, root MEL

PQ could have been *meldô but perhaps the ending -ondo/-on was added because the final vowel disappears in Sindarin, and the word needed an ending. Without an ending it would become **mell which would be identical to the word for "love".

Cognates

Examples

Notes

It was the password into the Doors of Durin to enter Moria.

See also