nandorin

proper name. Nandorin

An adjective describing the Silvan Elves, the Nandor, as well as a name for their language (WJ/390, 407), a combination of their tribal name with the language/adjective suffix -rin.

Elements

Word	Gloss
Nandor	“Silvan Elves, (lit.) Those who go back”
-rin	“-ian, racial-adjective, language”

Nando

one who goes back on his word or decision

#Nando (1) pl. Nandor noun name of the Green-elves (Laiquendi). The primitive word ¤ndandō, whence Quenya Nando, implied "one who goes back on his word or decision", since the Nandor left the March from Cuiviénen to Aman. Adj. Nandorin. (WJ:412, VT48:32)

ndandō

noun. one who goes back on his word or decision

Derivations

• √(N)DAN “back (again); retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert, back (again), [ᴹ√] backwards; [√] retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert” ✧ WJ/412

Derivatives

• Q. Nandor “Silvan Elves, (lit.) Those who go back” ✧ WJ/412
• S. Dân “*Green-elf” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/140

Element in

• ✶ndanyā

Variations

• ndand ✧ PE17/140