Eldamo : Gnomish : nal²

G. nal² adv. “down, downwards” (Category: Down, Below, Beneath)

⚠️G. nal², adv. “down, downwards” (Category: Down, Below, Beneath): N. dad “down”

An adverb for “down, downwards” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, along with adjectival G. naltha “downward, lower, low-down” (also useable as an adverb meaning “below, beneath”) and comparative G. naldron “lower down” with the usual Gnomish comparative suffix G. -odro(n) (GL/59; PE11/16). These words might be derived from the early root ᴱ√NḶĐḶ having to do with dells (GL/40; QL/66), or some otherwise unattested root.

References ✧ GL/59; LT1A/Murmenalda

Glosses

“down, downwards” ✧ GL/59; LT1A/Murmenalda

Element In

G. naldron “lower down” ✧ GL/59
G. nalos “sinking, setting, descent, slope” ✧ GL/59; LT1A/Murmenalda
G. naltha “downward, lower, low-down; (av.) below, beneath” ✧ GL/59

Derivations

< ᴱ√NḶĐḶ “*dell” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda (NḶDḶ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√NḶDḶ > nal

[nḹð] > [nalð] > [nal]

✧ LT1A/Murmenalda