iant

noun. bridge

iant

noun. yoke

Cognates

• ᴹQ. yanta “yoke” ✧ Ety/YAT

Derivations

• ᴹ✶yantā “yoke” ✧ Ety/YAT
  • ᴹ√YAT “join” ✧ Ety/YAT
• ᴹ√YAT “join” ✧ Ety/YAT

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶yantā > iant	[jantā] > [janta] > [jantʰa] > [janθa] > [janθ] > [jant]	✧ Ety/YAT

Variations

• iad/?iannas ✧ EtyAC/YAT (iad/?iannas)

ianw

noun. bridge

@@@ invalid in Sindarin since in this combination voiced stops became spirants after vowels

Changes

• ianw → ianw “crossing, ford” ✧ Ety/YAT

Cognates

• Ilk. adhum “bridge”
• ᴹQ. yanwe “bridge, joining, isthmus” ✧ Ety/YAT

Derivations

• On. yanme “bridge”
  • ᴹ✶yatmā ✧ Ety/YAT
  • ᴹ√YAT “join” ✧ Ety/YAT
• ᴹ✶yatmā ✧ Ety/YAT
  • ᴹ√YAT “join” ✧ Ety/YAT

Element in

• N. eilian(w) “rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge” ✧ Ety/YAT

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶yatmā > ianw	[jatmā] > [jatmē] > [jadmē] > [jadme] > [janme] > [janwe] > [janw] > [janu]	✧ Ety/YAT

ianw

noun. (?) yoke

It originally meant "bridge" in the Etymologies, but was apparently switched with iant