Eldamo : Sindarin : fanna-

S. *fanna- v. “to veil, cloak” (Category: to Hide, Conceal)

S. *fanna-, v. “to veil, cloak” (Category: to Hide, Conceal): G. muthra- “to veil”

A Sindarin verb appearing as fanha- “to veil, cloak” in notes from the mid-1960s, derived from primitive ✶phantā- based the root √PHAN of similar meaning (PE17/174). The nh in this verb seems to represent a survival of a long voiceless nasals in Sindarin; compare antha- > anha- “give” from around this same period (PE17/93). More commonly in Sindarin, primitive nt > nth > voiceless nh > voiced nn, so a more normal representation of this verb might be *fanna-.

Reference ✧ PE17/174 ✧ fanha- “to veil, cloak”

Cognates

Q. fanta- “to veil, cloak, mantle” ✧ PE17/174

Derivations

< ✶phantā- “to veil, cloak” ✧ PE17/174
- < √PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ PE17/173
  - < √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Phonetic Developments

✶phantā- > fanha-

[pʰanta-] > [pʰantʰa-] > [pʰanθa-] > [ɸanθa-] > [fanθa-] > [fanna-]

✧ PE17/174