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Doriathrin

dunn

adjective. black

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).

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

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√DUN > dunn[dunnā] > [dunna] > [donna] > [dunna] > [dunn]✧ Ety/DUN
Doriathrin [Ety/DUN; Ety/ÑGOROTH] Group: Eldamo. Published by