Noldorin
nan
preposition. of
naneth
noun. mother
Derivations
- ᴹ√NAN “*mother” ✧ Ety/AM¹; Ety/NAN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NAN > naneth [nanitta] > [nanittʰa] > [naniθθa] > [naneθθa] > [naneθθ] > [naneθ] ✧ Ety/NAN
na
preposition. with, by; of
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√NĀ/ANA “to, towards” ✧ Ety/NĀ¹
Element in
- N. an- “with, by” ✧ Ety/NĀ¹
- N.
Edeb na Nestad“Houses of Healing” ✧ WR/380 (Edeb na Nestad)- N. Cûm-nan-Arasaith “Mound of Avarice”
- N. Dor-na-Thuin “Land of Pines” ✧ Ety/THŌN
- N. Dor-na-Fauglith “Land of (Gasping) Thirst” ✧ Ety/PHAU
- N. Taur-na-Danion “Forest of Pines”
- N. har na ond i mid “stand by the grey stone” ✧ AotH/056
- N. Haudh-na-Dengin “Hill of Slain”
- N. Cûm-na-Dengin “Mound of Slain”
- N. mîr na Nauglin ✧ Ety/NAUK
- N. Pennas-na-Ngoelaidh “History of the Noldoli” ✧ SM/077
- N. Taur-na-Faroth “*Forest of Hunting” ✧ Ety/SPAR
- N. Taur-na-Delduath “*Forest of Deadly Nightshade”
- N. Taur-nan-Erig “Forest of Region” ✧ Ety/ERÉK
- N. Taur-na-Fuin “Forest of Night” ✧ Ety/PHUY
- N. Tol-na-Gaurhoth “Isle of Werewolves” ✧ LR/284
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NĀ¹ > na [na] ✧ Ety/NĀ¹ Variations
- nan ✧ Ety/ERÉK
an
preposition. of
Element in
- N. anann “long”
- N. Bair Nestad “Houses of Healing” ✧ WR/379 (
Berin a Nestad)- N. Ernil a Pheriannath “Prince of the Halflings” ✧ WR/287
- N. Rath a Chelerdain “Street of the Lampwrights” ✧ WR/388
na
preposition. with, by (also used as a genitive sign)
na
preposition. to, towards, at
nana
noun. mother, mummy
nand
noun. wide grassland, land at foot of hills with many streams
nand
noun. valley
naneth
noun. mother
nann
noun. wide grassland, land at foot of hills with many streams
nann
noun. valley
an-
prefix. with, by
Cognates
- ᴹQ. ana- “to, towards” ✧ Ety/NĀ¹
an-
prefix. with, by
emil
noun. mother
emil
noun. mother
Cognates
- ᴹQ. amil “mother” ✧ Ety/AM¹
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√AM¹ > emil [amil] > [emil] ✧ Ety/AM¹
imlad
noun. deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides (but a flat habitable bottom)
pel
noun. fenced field (= Old English tún)
rîdh
noun. sown field, acre
tum
noun. deep valley, under or among hills
A noun for “mother” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the (Noldorin-only?) root ᴹ√NAN (Ety/NAN). It apparently replaced archaic/poetic N. †emil (Ety/AM¹; EtyAC/AM¹).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon had a similar set of words for “mother”: G. maba, mabir, baba, and mavwin from the early root ᴱ√maƀ “something nice” (GL/57). The last of these appeared as G. mavwen “ancestress” in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document, with an archaic meaning of “mother” and variant forms mafwyn and mavuin (PE13/115). In these slips, it seems the normal “mother” word was G. nân (originally glossed “father”) with variant nanwin (PE13/115). This last word is likely the direct precursor of N. naneth.
Neo-Sindarin: I would use S. emel from the late 1960s as the normal word for “mother” in Neo-Sindarin, but would retain N. naneth as a dialectical or more formal variant.