den

root. hole, gap, passage

A (Noldorin-only?) root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hole, gap, passage” with the derivative dîn “opening, gap, pass in mountains” (< ✱dēnǝ) which is an element in a couple names from The Etymologies but appearing nowhere else (Ety/DEN).

Derivatives

• N. dîn “opening, gap, pass in mountains” ✧ Ety/DEN

pen(ed)

root. *hillside, slope

Changes

• DEN → PEN “hillside, slope” ✧ Ety/DEN
• DEN → PEN ✧ EtyAC/DAT
• BEND → DEN ✧ EtyAC/DAT

Derivatives

• ᴹQ. penda “sloping down, inclined” ✧ Ety/DEN; Ety/PEN
• ᴹQ. pende “slope, downslope, declivity” ✧ Ety/DEN; Ety/PEN
• N. penn “declivity” ✧ Ety/DEN; Ety/PEN

Element in

• ᴹQ. am(ba)penda “uphill, uphill, *sloping up; [ᴱQ.] arduous, difficult, tiresome” ✧ Ety/AM²
• N. amben “uphill, uphill; [ᴱN.] arduous, difficult, tiresome” ✧ Ety/AM²
• N. dadben “downhill, inclined, prone, downhill, inclined, prone; [ᴱN.] (figuratively) easy-going, easy, not arduous” ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT; EtyAC/DAT (daddhenn); EtyAC/DAT (dadvenn)
• N. pendrath “passage up or down slope, stairway” ✧ Ety/PEN

Variations

• PEN ✧ Ety/AM²; Ety/DAT; Ety/DEN; Ety/PEN; EtyAC/DAT
• DEN ✧ Ety/DEN (DEN); EtyAC/DAT (DEN)
• PÉNED ✧ Ety/PEN
• BEND ✧ EtyAC/DAT (BEND)

tundu

noun. hole

Derivations

• ᴱ√TUM(B)U “‽”

Derivatives

• ᴹQ. tundo “hole” ✧ PE21/08

Element in

• ᴹ✶lopōtundu “rabbit hole” ✧ PE21/31

Variations

• tŭndŭ ✧ PE21/08
• tundu ✧ PE21/31