Ossriandric
dan
masculine name. Dan
Changes
- Dan → Lenwë ✧ SMI/Dan
- Dan → Lenwë ✧ SMI/Lenwë
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Nanno ✧ PE18/024
Derivations
- ᴹ√(N)DAN “back, backwards” ✧ Ety/DAN
Element in
- Dan. Danas “Green-elves” ✧ LR/175; LR/215
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√DAN > Dan [dan] ✧ Ety/DAN Variations
- Dân ✧ LR/215
In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, Dan was the leader of the Danians when they turned back from the March and was the source of their name (LR/175, 215). In The Etymologies, this name was derived from the Danian-only root ᴹ√DAN which Tolkien suggested may be related to ᴹ√NDAN “back” (Ety/DAN). This name sometimes appeared with a long â: Dân (LR/215).