eden

adjective. new, begun again

eden

adjective. new, begun again

@@@ David Salo suggested primitive ✱etina, because ✱adina would produce N. aden, but primitive ✱atanja is also adjectival and produces the right result in Noldorin (in Sindarin it would produce edain)

Derivations

• ᴹ√AT “back, again, twice; two” ✧ Ety/AT(AT)

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√AT(AT) > eden	[atanja] > [atania] > [etenia] > [eteni] > [etein] > [edein] > [eden]	✧ Ety/AT(AT)

edhen

adjective. first

Cognates

• ᴹQ. enna “first” ✧ EtyAC/EDE

Derivations

• ᴹ✶edenā “first” ✧ EtyAC/EDE
  • ᴹ√EDE(L) “precede, come forward, hence” ✧ EtyAC/EDE

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶edenā > eðen	[edenā] > [edena] > [eðena] > [eðen]	✧ EtyAC/EDE

Variations

• eðen ✧ EtyAC/EDE (eðen)

ereg

place name. First

Earlier name for the river S. Erui from Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, apparently a Noldorin word meaning ereg “first” (TI/312, WR/436).

Changes

• Ereg → Erui “First” ✧ TI/312
• Ereg → Erui ✧ WRI/Erui

ereg

adjective. first

Element in

• N. Ereg “First” ✧ TI/312

Elements

Word	Gloss
er	“one, alone”
-eg	“suffix for ordinal numbers”

Variations

• Ereg ✧ TI/312

sein

adjective. new

sein

adjective. new

Cognates

• ᴹQ. sinya “new, new, *current” ✧ Ety/SI

Derivations

• ᴹ√SI “this, here, now” ✧ Ety/SI

Element in

• N. siniath “news, tidings” ✧ Ety/SI
• N. sinnarn “novel tale” ✧ Ety/SI

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√SI > sein	[sinja] > [senja] > [senia] > [seni] > [sein]	✧ Ety/SI
ᴹ√SI > sîn	[sinji] > [sini] > [sin] > [sīn]	✧ Ety/SI