Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : EDE(L)

ᴹ√EDE(L) root. “precede, come forward, hence”

⚠️ᴹ√EDE(L) root. “precede, come forward, hence”: √DEL¹ “walk, go, proceed, travel”; √MIN “one, first of a series; [ᴹ√] stand alone, stick out”

A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “precede, come forward, hence” providing an etymology for the words for Elf (Ety/EDE). The rejected Noldorin form N. Edhel may have been an early attempt to revise N. Eledh “Elf”, which in Sindarin became S. Edhel < √DEL (WJ/363-4). As such, this root may have been an early iteration of √DEL “walk, go, proceed, travel”.

References ✧ EtyAC/EDE, NŌ

Glosses

“precede, come forward, hence” ✧ EtyAC/EDE (EDE)

Variations

EDE ✧ EtyAC/EDE; EtyAC/NŌ
EDEL ✧ EtyAC/EDE; EtyAC/NŌ

ESE(T) “precede (forward)” perhaps replaced EDE(L) “precede, come forward, hence”

Inflections

EDEL

extension

✧ EtyAC/EDE; EtyAC/NŌ

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶edēlā “firstborn, eldest” ✧ EtyAC/EDE; EtyAC/EDE
- > ᴹQ. Elda “Elf” ✧ EtyAC/EDE
  - ⇒ 31 compounds
- > N. Edhel “firstborn, eldest” ✧ EtyAC/EDE
> ᴹ✶edenā “first” ✧ EtyAC/EDE
- > ᴹQ. enna² “first” ✧ EtyAC/EDE
- > N. edhen “first” ✧ EtyAC/EDE
⇒ ᴹ✶ednōno “firstborn” ✧ EtyAC/NŌ