ada

noun. father (hypocoristic), father (hypocoristic), [G.] daddy

A hypocoristic (affectionate) word for “father” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, hence roughly equivalent to English “daddy”, derived from the root ᴹ√ATA “father” (Ety/ATA).

Conceptual Development: A similar set of affection words appeared the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s: G. ada or nada, adi or nadi (GL/17, 59).

ada

noun. father, daddy

adar

noun. father

adar

noun. father

a

conjunction. and

ar

conjunction. and

heltha-

verb. to strip

The form helta- in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/46:14