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Doriathrin

dûm

noun. twilight

A noun for “twilight” developed from primitive ᴹ✶dōmi (Ety/DOMO), where the long [[ilk|[ō] became [ū] before [m]]].

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶dōmi “night, twilight, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOMO
    • ᴹ√DOM “faint, dim” ✧ Ety/DOMO

Element in

  • Ilk. tindum “(starry) twilight, starlight” ✧ Ety/DOMO

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶dōmi- > dûm[dōmi] > [dōme] > [dūme] > [dūm]✧ Ety/DOMO
Doriathrin [Ety/DOMO] Group: Eldamo. Published by