nanwë

ebb, lowtide

nanwë noun "ebb, lowtide" (VT48:26). Compare lanwë.

nanwë

noun. ebb, lowtide

Cognates

• S. dannen “ebb, lowtide” ✧ VT48/26
• T. dammë “ebb, lowtide” ✧ VT48/26

Derivations

• ✶ndanmē “retreat; ebb, lowtide” ✧ VT48/26; VT48/32
  • √(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” ✧ VT48/32

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ndanmē > nanwe	[ndanmē] > [nanmē] > [nanwē] > [nanwe]	✧ VT48/26
✶danmi > lanwe	[danmi] > [danme] > [lanme] > [lanwe]	✧ VT48/32

Variations

• nanwe ✧ VT48/26
• lanwe ✧ VT48/32

lanwë

ebb-tide

lanwë (stem *lanwi-, given primitive form ¤danmi) noun "ebb-tide" (VT48:32). Compare nanwë.

lanwë

noun. ebb-tide