Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : DṆTṆ

?ᴱ√DṆTṆ root. “light up”

⚠️?ᴱ√DṆTṆ root. “light up”: √KAL “light; shine, be bright, ⚠️[ᴱ√] shine golden”; √DAT “fall down, fall to ground”

A hypothetical early root that would explain Gnomish words like G. dant “lamp” and G. dantha- “illuminate, light up, illustrate” (GL/29). In Tolkien’s later writing it was probably ousted by √DA(N)T “fall”.

Derivatives

> G. dant “lamp”
- ⇒ G. dantha- “to illuminate, light up, illustrate” ✧ GL/29
  - ⇒ G. danthos “(artificial) light, illumination” ✧ GL/29