ada
noun. father (hypocoristic), father (hypocoristic), [G.] daddy
Cognates
- ᴹQ. atto “father (hypocoristic)” ✧ Ety/ATA
Derivations
- ᴹ√ATA “father” ✧ Ety/ATA
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atto
noun. father (hypocoristic)
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. man-ie, atto? “what is it, father?” ✧ LR/059
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶atū > atto [attu] > [atto] ✧ Ety/ATA
adda
noun. father (hypocoristic)
A diminutive form of “father”, similar to English “daddy” (Ety/ATA). Helge Fauskanger suggested it may have developed from primitive ✱✶attō based on its Quenya equivalent ᴹQ. atto (AL-Ilkorin/adda), but I think that is likelier to be a child’s invention, unrelated to other languages.
Cognates
- ᴹQ. atto “father (hypocoristic)” ✧ Ety/ATA
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).