rhand

noun. cycle

Derivations

• On. randa “cycle, age (100 Valian Years [1000 years]), *millenia” ✧ Ety/RAD
  • ᴹ✶randā “cycle, age (100 Valian Years)” ✧ Ety/RAD
  • ᴹ√RAD “back, return” ✧ Ety/RAD

Element in

• N. anrand “cycle, age, (lit.) long cycle” ✧ Ety/RAD

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. randa > rand	[randa] > [rand]	✧ Ety/RAD

anrand

noun. cycle, age (100 Valian Years)

Helge Fauskanger noted that the element and "long" would normally be preserved before r-, but the -d is lost because there is another d in the word (VT/41:9); however, this second d later disappeared in the change from -nd to -nn, and it is unclear whether or not an- would then revert to and-