Quenya 

Ender

bridegroom

Ender noun "bridegroom", surname of Tulkas (NDER, TULUK, VT45:11). The form Enderō(VT45:11) is defined as "[?virile] young bridegroom"; Tolkien's gloss was not entirely legible. But this would seem to be an archaic form, because of the long final -ō (later Quenya *Endero).

Sindarin 

daer

noun. bridegroom

Sindarin [Ety/375, VT/45:9, X/OE] Group: SINDICT. Published by

daer

bridegroom

daer (i naer, o ndaer), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ndaer). Note: a homophone means "great, large", but has different mutations.

daer

noun. bridegroom

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daer

bridegroom

(i naer, o ndaer), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ndaer). Note: a homophone means "great, large", but has different mutations.

Noldorin 

doer

noun. bridegroom

Noldorin [Ety/375, VT/45:9, X/OE] Group: SINDICT. Published by

doer

noun. bridegroom

A noun appearing as N. doer “bridegroom” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√NDER of similar meaning (Ety/NDER). It is unusual in that its primitive form is ᴹ✶ndǣr, a rare example of the a-fortification of primitive e to ǣ (PE18/46). In Old Noldorin this became ON. ndair, and in Noldorin of the 1930s the diphthong [[n|[ai] became [oe] or [ae]]]. Indeed, in another entry in The Etymologies, Tolkien gave a variant form daer for “bridegroom”, though somewhat mysteriously he marked it as Old Noldorin (Ety/DER).

Neo-Sindarin: The a-fortification of primitive e remained a feature in Tolkien’s later writings, though in the 1950s Tolkien marked the result as ę̄ rather than ǣ (PE18/95). Thus primitive √NDER > ✱ndę̄r > OS. ndair > S. daer remains a plausible scenario in Sindarin, but ai > oe no longer occurred as it did in Noldorin. Therefore, I’d use the form ᴺS. daer for “bridegroom” in Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nér “man, adult male” ✧ Ety/NDER

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/DER
  • On. ndair “bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
    • ᴹ✶ndǣr “bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
    • ᴹ✶ndḗro “bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
      • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
    • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NDERE > daer[ndǣr] > [ndair] > [dair] > [daer]✧ Ety/DER
On. ndair > doer[ndair] > [dair] > [doer]✧ Ety/NDER

Variations

  • daer ✧ Ety/DER (On. daer)
Noldorin [Ety/DER; Ety/NDER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

enner

masculine name. Bridegroom

Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Ender, another name for ᴹQ. Tulkas (Ety/TULUK, EtyAC/E).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Ender “Bridegroom” ✧ Ety/TULUK; EtyAC/E

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/TULUK
  • ᴹ✶Endero “(?virile) young bridegroom” ✧ EtyAC/E
    • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√DER > Enner[endero] > [ender] > [enner]✧ Ety/TULUK
ᴹ✶Enderō > Enner[endero] > [endero] > [ender] > [enner]✧ EtyAC/E
Noldorin [Ety/TULUK; EtyAC/E] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

ender

noun. bridegroom, bridegroom, *groom

A word for “bridegroom” in The Etymologies derived from the root ᴹ√NDER, a strengthened form of the root ᴹ√DER “man” (Ety/NDER).

Conceptual Development: There is an unglossed word ᴱQ. vestaner the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s that is a combination of ᴱQ. vesta “marriage” and ᴱQ. ner “man” (QL/101). This Early Qenya word may likewise mean “✱(bride)groom”, as there is a distinct word for “husband” under the same root: ᴱQ. veru.

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶Endero “(?virile) young bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
    • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Ender “Bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶Endero > Ender[endero] > [ender]✧ Ety/NDER

Variations

  • Ender ✧ Ety/NDER

ender

masculine name. Bridegroom

Another name for Tulkas appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, developed from the primitive form ᴹ✶Endero (Ety/NDER, TULUK; EtyAC/E).

Cognates

  • N. Enner “Bridegroom” ✧ Ety/TULUK; EtyAC/E

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/TULUK
  • ᴹ✶Endero “(?virile) young bridegroom” ✧ EtyAC/E
    • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶Enderō > Ender[endero] > [ender]✧ EtyAC/E
Qenya [Ety/NDER; Ety/TULUK; EtyAC/E] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

daer

noun. bridegroom

ndair

noun. bridegroom

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nér “man, adult male” ✧ Ety/NDER

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ndǣr “bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
    • ᴹ✶ndḗro “bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
    • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
    • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹

Derivatives

  • N. doer “bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ndǣr > ndair[ndǣr] > [ndair]✧ Ety/NDER
Old Noldorin [Ety/NDER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

ndḗro

noun. bridegroom

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶ndǣr “bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
    • ᴹQ. nér “man, adult male” ✧ Ety/NDER
    • On. ndair “bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
    • N. doer “bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER

Elements

WordGloss
-ro“an old agental formation”

Variations

  • ndēro ✧ EtyAC/NDER
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NDER; EtyAC/NDER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ndǣr

noun. bridegroom

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ndḗro “bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
    • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
  • ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. nér “man, adult male” ✧ Ety/NDER
  • On. ndair “bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER
    • N. doer “bridegroom” ✧ Ety/NDER

Variations

  • ndœ̄r ✧ EtyAC/NĪ¹
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NDER; Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NĪ¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by