Noldorin
dam
noun. hammer
dam
noun. hammer
Cognates
- ᴹQ. namba “hammer” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Derivations
- ᴹ√(N)DAM “hammer, beat” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Element in
- N. Damrod “hammerer of copper” ✧ Ety/NDAM
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NDAM > dam [ndamba] > [damba] > [damb] > [damb] > [damm] > [dam] ✧ Ety/NDAM
damma-
verb. to hammer
dring
noun. hammer
Derivations
- ᴹ√DRING “beat, strike” ✧ Ety/DRING
Element in
- N. Glamdring “Foe-hammer” ✧ Ety/DRING
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√DRING > dring [driŋg] ✧ Ety/DRING
It was long considered that damna-, dammint in the Etymologies might have been misreadings. VT/45:37 confirms this, though the exact reading actually remains rather uncertain