Middle Primitive Elvish
ʒan
root. male
Derivatives
- Ilk. ganu “male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/ƷAN
- ᴹQ. hanu “male, man (of Men or Elves), male animal” ✧ Ety/ƷAN; Ety/INI
- ᴹQ. hanwa “male” ✧ Ety/INI
- ᴹQ.
-ando“agent (male)” ✧ Ety/ƷAN- N. anw “male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/INI; Ety/ƷAN
- On. anu “a male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/ƷAN
- N. anw “male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/ƷAN
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “male” and used in this sense for both people and animals (Ety/ƷAN). Its principle derivatives are ᴹQ. hanu/N. anw “male (person or animal)”, so it might more properly be ✱ᴹ√ƷAN+U.