A Doriathrin adjective meaning “black” (Ety/DUN). Its Noldorin and Danian cognates imply development from a primitive form ✱✶dunnā. Since the primitive form ended in [a], the Ilkorin a-affection would ordinarily have produced ✱✱donn. However, it seems that a-affection was prevented or reversed before [nn], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/dunn).
Doriathrin
ungor
adjective. black, dark, gloomy
Derivations
- ᴹ√UÑG “*gloom” ✧ Ety/UÑG
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√UÑG > ungor [uŋgra] > [uŋgr] > [uŋgor] ✧ Ety/UÑG
dunn
adjective. black
Cognates
- N. donn “swart, swarthy; shady, shadowy” ✧ Ety/DUN
Derivations
- ᴹ√DUN “dark (of colour)” ✧ Ety/DUN; Ety/ÑGOROTH
Element in
- Ilk. Nan Dungorthin “Vale of Black Horror” ✧ Ety/DUN; Ety/ÑGOROTH
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√DUN > dunn [dunnā] > [dunna] > [donna] > [dunna] > [dunn] ✧ Ety/DUN
An adjective meaning “black, dark, gloomy” developed from the root ᴹ√UÑG (Ety/UÑG), perhaps from a primitive form ✱✶uñgrā̆ [uŋgrā̆] as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/ungor): after the [[ilk|primitive final [a] was lost]], the resulting [[ilk|final [r] would become syllabic and develop into [-or]]].