Noldorin
taen
adjective. long (and thin)
taen
noun. height, summit of high mountain
taen
adjective. long (and thin)
Cognates
- ᴹQ. taina “lengthened, extended, prolonged” ✧ Ety/TAY
Derivations
- ᴹ√TAY “extend, make long(er), stretch” ✧ Ety/TAY
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√TAY > taen [tajna] > [taina] > [tain] > [taen] ✧ Ety/TAY Variations
- taen ✧ Ety/TAY
taen
noun. height, summit of high mountain
Derivations
Element in
- N. Taen-Nimdil ✧ Ety/TĀ
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶taʒna > taen [taɣna] > [tagna] > [taŋna] > [taina] > [tain] > [taen] ✧ Ety/TĀ Variations
- taen ✧ Ety/TĀ
ann
adjective. long
ann
adjective. long
Cognates
- ᴹQ. anda “long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶andā > and > ann [andā] > [anda] > [and] > [ann] ✧ Ety/ÁNAD ᴹ✶anda > anna- [anda-] > [anna-] ✧ Ety/MBUD
anann
adverb. long
Element in
- N. aglar anann “*glory for long” ✧ SD/046
- N. cuio i Pheriain anann “long live the halflings” ✧ SD/046
Elements
Word Gloss an “of” ann “long”
gammas
noun. s-sign (special sign used to mark a final -s in Tengwar)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “height, summit of high mountain” derived from primitive ᴹ✶taʒna of similar meaning (Ety/TĀ), where the diphthong ae arose due to the usual [[n|vocalization of ʒ [ɣ] before nasals]]. It would have gone through the same vocalizations and had the same form if it were a Sindarin word.
Conceptual Development: In Early Noldorin Word-lists there were two similar nouns: ᴱN. tain “mountain” (PE13/153) and ᴱN. dain “height, summit; height, loftiness, sublimity” (PE13/141, 161). The first of these probably had a derivation similar to later N. taen, but the latter was derived from primitive ᴱ✶dágniya. The two forms seems to represent distinct early roots ✱ᴱ√DAHA and ᴱ√TAHA, which would have blended together in Early Qenya since initial voiced stops were unvoiced: d- > ᴱQ. t-.