aldanil

masculine name. Lover of Trees

A name appearing only in some linguistic notes from the 1950s, beside variant form Alandil (PE21/83).

Derivations

• ✶Gala(da)ndil “Lover of Trees” ✧ PE21/83

Elements

Word	Gloss
alda	“tree, tree, [ᴱQ.] branch”
-(n)dil	“-friend, -lover; devotion, disinterested love”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶Gala(da)ndil > Aldanil	[galadanil] > [galdanil] > [ɣaldanil] > [aldanil]	✧ PE21/83

Variations

• Alandil ✧ PE21/83