Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Early Quenya

yenye(n)

noun. yesterday

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶dyen(d)ye(n) ✧ QL/105
    • ᴱ√DYĒ “behind, back (before of time)” ✧ QL/105

Element in

  • Eq. yendiéra “day before yesterday, (lit.) yesterday’s yesterday” ✧ QL/105

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶dyen(d)ye(n) > ’yenye(n)[dʲendʲen] > [dʲenjen] > [jenjen]✧ QL/105

Variations

  • ’yenye(n) ✧ QL/105
Early Quenya [QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by

die

noun. yesterday

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶dyeye ✧ QL/105
    • ᴱ√DYĒ “behind, back (before of time)” ✧ QL/105

Element in

  • Eq. dienda “day before yesterday, (lit.) yesterday’s yesterday” ✧ QL/105
  • Eq. diéra “yesterday’s; (mostly in sense) bygone, over, passed” ✧ QL/105

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶dyeye > die[dʲejē] > [dʲeje] > [dʲeie] > [dʲie] > [die]✧ QL/105
Early Quenya [QL/105] Group: Eldamo. Published by