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

gelennil

masculine name. Lover of Trees

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

Derivations

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

Elements

Word	Gloss
galadh	“tree”
-dil	“friend, lover”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶Gala(da)ndil > Gelennil	[galadandil] > [galadandil] > [geleðendil] > [geleðndil] > [gelendil] > [gelennil]	✧ PE21/83

Variations

• Gleðennil ✧ PE21/83

gala(da)ndil

masculine name. Lover of Trees

Derivatives

• Q. Aldanil “Lover of Trees” ✧ PE21/83
• S. Gelennil “Lover of Trees” ✧ PE21/83