ahto

noun. maker

maker, wright

opto

noun. back

pontë

back, rear

pontë (ponti-) noun "back, rear" (QL:75)

anat

preposition. against

@@@ see j-teuber.github.io, also used by Damien Bador in j-teuber.github.io

Derivations

• ✶anak “against, opposite”

catta

noun. back

A neologism for “back” coined by Paul Strack in 2022 specifically for Eldamo, based on Q. ca(ta) “behind, at back of place”. This word can refer to the back of body as well as the back of other things.

Elements

Word	Gloss
ca(ta)	“behind, at back of place, behind, at back of place; [ᴹQ.] after”

dan

preposition. against

dan

preposition. etym. back

dan

Dan

dan

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dan

back to

_ adv. _back to, back (in return) against, down upon, back on. naur dan i-ngaurhoth! #'fire back against the werewolves'.

dan

preposition. back to, (back in return) against, down upon, back on, back again

seems to cause mixed mutation: dandol- and dambeth-

Cognates

• Q. nan- “back (again), back (again); [ᴹQ.] backwards” ✧ PE17/166; PE17/166

Derivations

• ✶ndan- “back-” ✧ PE17/166
  • √(N)DAN “back (again); retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert, back (again), [ᴹ√] backwards; [√] retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert” ✧ PE17/166
• √(N)DAN “back (again); retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert, back (again), [ᴹ√] backwards; [√] retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert” ✧ PE17/166

Element in

• ᴺS. dadhra- “to face, oppose, stand in way; to resist, thwart”
• ᴺS. dadhren “opposing, facing, opposite”
• ᴺS. dadhren- “to forget”
• ᴺS. dambed- “to answer”
• S. dadwen- “to return, go back” ✧ PE17/166; PE17/166
• ᴺS. dananna- “to give back, return [something]”
• S. dandol- “to return, come back” ✧ PE17/166
• S. Danedhel “*Nando”
• S. dangar- “to undo” ✧ PE17/166
• S. dangweth “answer, *(lit.) back-report” ✧ PM/395
• S. danbeth “*answer, (lit.) back-word”
• S. dannen “ebb, lowtide”
• S. Danwaith
• S. danwedh “ransom”
• S. naur dan i ngaurhoth “*fire against the wolf-horde” ✧ LotR/0299; PE17/038
• S. sí il chem en i Naugrim en ir Ellath thor den ammen “*now all (?hands) of the Dwarves and Elves will be (?against) to us” ✧ VT50/23

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶nana-/ndan- > dan-	[ndan-] > [dan-]	✧ PE17/166
√NDĀ̆ > dan/dad-	[ndan-] > [dan-]	✧ PE17/166

Variations

• den ✧ VT50/23

dân

proper name. *Green-elf

Derivations

• ✶ndandō “one who goes back on his word or decision” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/140
  • √(N)DAN “back (again); retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert, back (again), [ᴹ√] backwards; [√] retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert” ✧ WJ/412

Element in

• S. Dain “*Nando”
• S. Dor-i-Ndainn “*Land of the Nandor” ✧ PE17/141

Variations

• Dann ✧ PE17/140
• Dan ✧ PE17/140
• dand ✧ PE17/141 (dand)

tân

noun. builder, smith, wright, artificer

Cognates

• Q. tamo “smith, builder”

Derivations

• ✶tamō “craftsman, smith”
  • √TAM “construct, construct; [ᴹ√] knock, [ᴱ√] beat; smelt, forge” ✧ PE17/107

Element in

• S. Barthan “World-artificer”
• S. calardan “lampwright”
• S. círdan “shipbuilder, shipwright” ✧ PE17/027
• S. mírdan “jewel smith”
• ᴺS. raegdan “sinner”

dan

back

(prep.) dan (lenited nan) (again, against);

dan

back

(lenited nan) (again, against);

dan

again, against

(lenited nan) (back). As prep. maybe followed by soft mutation.

dan

again, against

dan (lenited nan) (back). As prep. maybe followed by soft mutation.

círdan

shipbuilder

(i gírdan, o chírdan) (shipwright), pl. círdain (i chírdain)  

tân

maker

1) ?tân (i dân, o thân), only attested as -dan or -than as the final element of compounds, e.g. Círdan ”Ship-maker”). Construct tan, pl. tain (i thain), 2)

tân

maker

(i dân, o thân), only attested as -dan or -than as the final element of compounds, e.g. Círdan ”Ship-maker”). Construct tan, pl. tain (i thain)

ad

back

(as prefix) ad-, also meaning "second, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "reunion".

ad

back

also meaning "second, again, re-", e.g. aderthad "reunion".

ad

against

(prep.) 1) ad (probably followed by soft mutation), 2)

ad

against

(probably followed by soft mutation)

thavron

builder

thavron (wright, carpenter), pl. thevryn, coll. pl. thavronnath.

thavron

builder

(wright, carpenter), pl. thevryn, coll. pl. thavronnath.

ceredir

maker

ceredir (i geredir, o cheredir) (doer), no distinct pl. form except with article (i cheredir)

ceredir

maker

(i geredir, o cheredir) (doer), no distinct pl. form except with article (i cheredir)

khan

root. back

Derivatives

• Q. han- “*back as an answer or return by another agent” ✧ PE17/166

Variations

• KHAN ✧ PE17/157; PE17/166

tō/oto

root. back

A root in a discussion of prefixes for “back” from around 1959, which Tolkien specified as meaning: “back as an answer, or return by another agent to an action affecting him, as in answering, replying, avenging, requiting, repaying, rewarding”; Tolkien also considered the forms √UTU/TŪ (PE17/166). But Tolkien crossed this all through and seems to have replaced it with √KHAN. Tolkien mentioned the root √OT in a discussion of numbers from the late 1960s, but only to specify that “there was no primitive base OT-” (VT47/16).

Element in

• Q. tóquet- “to answer” ✧ PE17/166

Variations

• TŌ/OT(O) ✧ PE17/166 (TŌ/OT(O)); PE17/187 (TŌ/OT(O))
• OT ✧ PE17/167; VT47/16 (OT)
• OT(O) ✧ PE17/171 (OT(O))
• TŪ ✧ PE17/188 (TŪ)
• UTU/TŪ ✧ PE17/189 (UTU/TŪ)

tân

noun. builder, smith

Derivations

• ᴹ√TAN “make, fashion” ✧ Ety/KIR

Element in

• N. Barthan “Earth-smith, Earthbuilder”
• N. cennan “potter”
• N. cirdan “shipbuilder” ✧ Ety/KIR

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√TAN > dan	[tan] > [tān]	✧ Ety/KIR

ad-

prefix. back, again, re-