Middle Primitive Elvish
gap
root. *hook
Derivatives
gassā
noun. hole, gap
Derivations
- ᴹ√GAS “yawn, gape” ✧ Ety/GAS
Derivatives
den
root. hole, gap, passage
Derivatives
- N. dîn “opening, gap, pass in mountains” ✧ Ety/DEN
yagō
noun. gulf
Derivations
- ᴹ√YAG “yawn, gape” ✧ Ety/YAG
Derivatives
- N. ia “gulf” ✧ Ety/YAG; RS/437
Variations
- yagu- ✧ Ety/YAG
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
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).