Noldorin
dalf
noun. palm of hand
dalf
noun. palm of hand
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. dalma > dalf [dalma] > [dalm] > [dalv] ✧ Ety/DAL Variations
- dalv ✧ EtyAC/DAL
dalv
noun. palm of hand
camland
noun. palm of hand
camland
noun. palm of hand
A noun appearing as N. camland “palm of hand” in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a combination of N. cam “hand” and N. lhann “wide” (Ety/LAD). It is not clear why this word ends in nd rather than reducing to n(n) as is usual.
Conceptual Development: There were some similar words for “palm of the hand” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s: G. mablad or mablod plus G. mavlant, all with an initial element G. mab “hand[s]” and a second element like G. lad “a level, a flat” or G. blant “flat” (GL/23, 52, 55).
Neo-Sindarin: This word is often adapted as ᴺS. camlann for Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD), in keeping with the trend of final nd becoming n(n) in polysyllable in both Noldorin and Sindarin.