onna-

verb. to beget

onna-

verb. *to birth, give birth to

A verb implied by the adjective (passive participle?) onnen “born” as in Abonnen “After-born” (WJ/387). It also appeared as an element in N. ed-onna “beget” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√ONO “beget”, but it is not clear whether it could function as an independent verb in this period (Ety/ONO).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would use this verb to refer primarily to the actions of the mother = “✱to birth, give birth to”, and would reserve edonna- “to beget” for actions of the father.

Derivations

• √NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ WJ/387

Element in

• ᴺS. onnad “birth”
• S. onnen “born” ✧ WJ/387

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ONO > onnen	[onnina] > [onnena] > [onnen]	✧ WJ/387
√ONO > oennin	[onnini] > [œnnini] > [œnnin] > [ennin]	✧ WJ/387

onna

beget

onna- (i onna, in onnar), also prefixed edonna- (i edonna, in edonnar), passive participle ?edonnen.

onna

beget

(i onna, in onnar), also prefixed edonna- (i edonna, in edonnar), passive participle ?edonnen.