Eldamo : Noldorin : dath

N. dath n. “hole, pit; steep fall, abyss” (Category: Hole)

N. dath, n. “hole, pit; steep fall, abyss” (Category: Hole): N. daudh “pit”; G. dolm “pit”; G. sauth “a hole, tunnel”

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hole, pit” derived from primitive ᴹ✶dattā under the root ᴹ√DAT “fall down” (Ety/DAT). In the later ink version of this entry, dath was glossed “steep fall, abyss” (EtyAC/DAT).

References ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT

Glosses

“hole, pit” ✧ Ety/DAT
“steep fall, abyss” ✧ EtyAC/DAT

Cognates

ᴹQ. latta¹ “hole, pit” ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT

Derivations

< ᴹ✶dattā “hole, pit” ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT
- < ᴹ√DAT “fall down” ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶dattā > dath

[dattā] > [datta] > [dattʰa] > [daθθa] > [daθθ] > [daθ]

✧ Ety/DAT