Eldamo : Early Noldorin : bod

ᴱN. bod adv. “back” (Category: Behind, At the Rear)

⚠️ᴱN. bod, adv. “back” (Category: Behind, At the Rear): S. dan “back to, (back in return) against, down upon, back on, back again”

An adverb appearing as G. bod “behind, back, (of time) ago, a while back” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s that Tolkien said was based on an unaccented form of G. pont “the back” (GL/23, 64). As a prefix G. bod- meant “back, again” and also “un-” as in “backwards”. Early Noldorin word-lists of the 1920s had adverb and prefix ᴱN. bod “back” based on primitive ᴱ✶bot- (PE13/139).

Reference ✧ PE13/139 ✧ “back”

Element In

ᴱN. bod- “back” ✧ PE13/139

Cognates

ᴱQ. pote “after, behind (of place)” ✧ PE13/139

Derivations

< ᴱ√POT-I “*back, behind, after” ✧ PE13/139 (bot-)

G. bod adv. “behind, back, of time ago, ‘a while back’” (Category: Behind, At the Rear)

See ᴱN. bod for discussion.

References ✧ GL/23

Glosses

“behind, back, of time ago, ‘a while back’” ✧ GL/23
“behind, before of time” ✧ GL/23 (bod)

bod “behind, back, of time ago, ‘a while back’” [is the] unaccented form of pont ✧ GL/23

Changes

bod “behind, before of time” >> bod “behind, back, of time ago, ‘a while back’” ✧ GL/23

Element In

G. abod “again; in return, in exchange; back” ✧ GL/23 (avod)
G. bod- “back, again; un- (= backwards)” ✧ GL/23
G. bodra “back(ward), hinder, rear” ✧ GL/23
G. bodra- “to hinder, delay, tarry” ✧ GL/23

Cognates

ᴱQ. pote “after, behind (of place)”

Derivations

< ᴱ√POT-I “*back, behind, after”