Quenya 

yaltë

bridge

yaltë noun "bridge" (GL:37); rather yanta in Tolkien's later Quenya

yanta

bridge

yanta noun "bridge", also name of tengwa #35 (Appendix E); in the Etymologies, yanta is defined as "yoke" (YAT)

yanta

noun. bridge

Cognates

  • S. iant “bridge”

Derivations

  • √YAN “*join”

Element in

yanwë

bridge, joining, isthmus

yanwë noun "bridge, joining, isthmus" (YAT, "joining", VT49:45, 46), changed by Tolkien from yanwa (VT46:22, VT49:34)

yanwë

noun. joining, joining, [ᴹQ.] isthmus, bridge

Derivations

  • √YAN “*join” ✧ VT49/45

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√YAN > yanwe[janwe]✧ VT49/45

Variations

  • yanwe ✧ VT49/45

cú

arch, crescent

cú ("k")noun "arch, crescent" (KU3); "crescent Moon" (LT1:271; the long vowel was denoted by a circumflex rather than an accent in the early "Qenya" lexicon). In Sindarin, the same word can be used for a "bow" as used to shoot arrows (but possibly this is only quinga in Quenya).

langa

noun. thing that crosses, ferry, ford, crossway, bridge, cross-bar

Derivations

  • √LAƷ “cross, pass over, go beyond” ✧ PE17/065

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√LAŊ > langa[laŋga]✧ PE17/065

Sindarin 

iant

noun. bridge

Sindarin [Ety/400, S/432] Group: SINDICT. Published by

iant

noun. bridge

Cognates

Derivations

  • √YAN “*join”

Element in

Sindarin [AotM/062; SA/iant; SD/129] Group: Eldamo. Published by

baranduiniant

w7D2{#hJ5`B1[D noun. Bridge of Baranduin

A compound of Baranduin and iant as seen in the King's letter.

Sindarin [Sauron Defeated] Group: Verified and confirmed. Published by

cû

noun. bow

Sindarin [Ety/365, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cû

noun. arch, crescent

Sindarin [Ety/365, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

iant

bridge

(yoke), pl. iaint, coll. pl. iannath.

ianu

bridge

1) *ianu, analogical pl. ieny.; coll. pl. likely ianwath, given the archaic form ianw (which is the form listed in the Etymologies), 2) iant (yoke), pl. iaint, coll. pl. iannath. SKY-BRIDGE, see RAINBOW

ianu

bridge

analogical pl. ieny.; coll. pl. likely ianwath, given the archaic form ianw (which is the form listed in the Etymologies)

cû

arch

cû (i gû, o chû) (bow, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)

cû

arch

(i gû, o chû) (bow, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)

Noldorin 

iant

noun. bridge

Noldorin [Ety/400, S/432] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ianw

noun. bridge

@@@ invalid in Sindarin since in this combination voiced stops became spirants after vowels

Changes

  • ianw → ianw “crossing, ford” ✧ Ety/YAT

Cognates

  • Ilk. adhum “bridge”
  • ᴹQ. yanwe “bridge, joining, isthmus” ✧ Ety/YAT

Derivations

  • On. yanme “bridge”
    • ᴹ✶yatmā ✧ Ety/YAT
    • ᴹ√YAT “join” ✧ Ety/YAT
  • ᴹ✶yatmā ✧ Ety/YAT
    • ᴹ√YAT “join” ✧ Ety/YAT

Element in

  • N. eilian(w) “rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge” ✧ Ety/YAT

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶yatmā > ianw[jatmā] > [jatmē] > [jadmē] > [jadme] > [janme] > [janwe] > [janw] > [janu]✧ Ety/YAT
Noldorin [Ety/YAT; EtyAC/YAT] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cû

noun. bow

Noldorin [Ety/365, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cû

noun. arch, crescent

Noldorin [Ety/365, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

yanta

noun. bridge

Variations

  • yanta ✧ PE22/022; PE22/051
Qenya [PE22/022; PE22/051] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yanwe

noun. bridge, joining, isthmus

Changes

  • yanwa → yanwe ✧ Ety/YAT

Cognates

  • Ilk. adhum “bridge”
  • N. ianw “bridge” ✧ Ety/YAT

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶yatmā ✧ Ety/YAT
    • ᴹ√YAT “join” ✧ Ety/YAT

Element in

  • ᴹQ. helyanwe “rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge, rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge, *sky-joining”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶yatmā > yanwe[jatmē] > [jadmē] > [janmē] > [janwē] > [janwe]✧ Ety/YAT

Variations

  • yanwa ✧ EtyAC/YAT (yanwa)
Qenya [Ety/YAT; EtyAC/YAT] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

adhum

noun. bridge

A Doriathrin word for “bridge” appearing in the Addenda and Corrigenda to The Etymologies (EtyAC/YAT), likely a derivative of the same primitive form ᴹ✶yatmā as its cognates in other languages. An earlier deleted form iaðum may indicate Tolkien’s uncertainty over the development of initial [j] (= “y”) in Ilkorin; elsewhere the rule is that [[ilk|initial [j] vanished]].

Changes

  • iaðum → aðum ✧ EtyAC/YAT

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. yanwe “bridge, joining, isthmus”
  • N. ianw “bridge”

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶yatmā ✧ Ety/YAT
    • ᴹ√YAT “join” ✧ Ety/YAT

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶yatmā > aðum[jatmā] > [jatmē] > [jatme] > [jadme] > [adme] > [aðme] > [aðm] > [aðum]✧ Ety/YAT

Variations

  • aðum ✧ EtyAC/YAT (Dor. aðum)
  • iaðum ✧ EtyAC/YAT (Dor. iaðum)
Doriathrin [EtyAC/YAT] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

yanme

noun. bridge

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶yatmā ✧ Ety/YAT
    • ᴹ√YAT “join” ✧ Ety/YAT

Derivatives

  • N. ianw “bridge”

Element in

  • On. elyanme “rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge” ✧ Ety/ƷEL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶yatmā > yadme[jatmā] > [jatmē] > [jadmē] > [jadme]✧ Ety/YAT

Variations

  • yadme ✧ Ety/ƷEL
Old Noldorin [Ety/ƷEL; PE22/027] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

tram

noun. bridge

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TARA “*across” ✧ GL/71

Element in

Variations

  • Tram ✧ PE13/094
Gnomish [GL/71; PE13/094] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rantha

noun. arch, bridge

Cognates

  • Eq. ranta “arch, bridge”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√RAÞA “*arch, bridge”

Element in

  • G. duivrant “aqueduct” ✧ GL/31
  • G. ilbrant “rainbow” ✧ GL/24; GL/50; GL/65; LT1A/Ilweran
Gnomish [GL/24; GL/31; GL/50; GL/65; LT1A/Ilweran] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

raþa

root. *arch, bridge

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with a single derivative: ᴱQ. ranta “arch, bridge” (QL/79). G. rantha “arch, bridge” from the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon is clearly also related (GL/65). In later writings, Tolkien revised the Elvish words for “bridge”, driving them from ᴹ√YAT or √YAN, but this root may have remanifested later as √RATH “climb”.

Derivatives

  • Eq. ranta “arch, bridge” ✧ QL/079
  • G. rantha “arch, bridge”
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/079] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

penda

noun. bridge

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PENE “*through” ✧ QL/073

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√PENE > penda[pendā] > [penda]✧ QL/073

Variations

  • penda ✧ QL/073; QL/082 (penda)
Early Quenya [QL/073; QL/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ranta

noun. arch, bridge

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√RAÞA “*arch, bridge” ✧ QL/079

Element in

  • Eq. ilweran(ta) “bridge of heaven, rainbow” ✧ QL/042

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√RAÞA > ranta[ranθā] > [ranθa] > [ranta]✧ QL/079

Variations

  • ranta ✧ PE16/142; QL/042; QL/079
Early Quenya [PE16/142; QL/042; QL/079] Group: Eldamo. Published by