S. Dân [nd-] pn. “*Green-elf”

S. Dân [nd-], pn. “*Green-elf”

References ✧ PE17/140-141

Variations

• Dân ✧ PE17/140
• Dann ✧ PE17/140
• Dan ✧ PE17/140
• dand ✧ PE17/141

Related

• Dân “*Green-elf” vs. Danedhel “*Nando”
• Dain “*Nando” apparently also functioned as an adjectival form of Dân “*Green-elf”

Inflections

Dain	plural	✧ PE17/140
dannir	plural	✧ PE17/141
ndainn	plural nasal-mutation; nd-mutation	✧ PE17/141

Element In

• S. Dain “*Nando”
• S. Dor-i-Ndainn “*Land of the Nandor” ✧ PE17/141

Derivations

• < ✶ndandō “one who goes back on his word or decision” ✧ PE17/140 (ndand); PE17/140 (Danoī)
  • < √(N)DAN “back (again); retreat, go back, give way (as one advances), revert” ✧ WJ/412 (dan/ndan-)

N. Dân [nd-] n. “Green-elf” (Category: Elf, Fairy)

References ✧ Ety/DAN, NDAN; WJI/Danas

Variations

• Dân ✧ Ety/NDAN; WJI/Danas

Inflections

Danath	class-plural	“Green-elves”	✧ Ety/DAN
Daðrin	class-plural		✧ Ety/NDAN
Dein	plural		✧ Ety/NDAN

Cognates

• Dan. Danas “Green-elves” ✧ Ety/DAN; Ety/NDAN
• ᴹQ. Nanar “Green-elves” ✧ Ety/DAN

Derivations

• < ᴹ√(N)DAN “back, backwards” ✧ Ety/DAN (NDAN); Ety/DAN (NDAN); Ety/DAN (NDAN)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√NDAN > Dân	[ndan] > [dan] > [dān]	✧ Ety/NDAN
ᴹ√NDAN > Dein	[ndani] > [dani] > [deni] > [dein]	✧ Ety/NDAN