Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : DEN

ᴹ√DEN root. “hole, gap, passage”

ᴹ√DEN root. “hole, gap, passage”

A (Noldorin-only?) root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hole, gap, passage” with the derivative dîn “opening, gap, pass in mountains” (< *dēnǝ) which is an element in a couple names from The Etymologies but appearing nowhere else (Ety/DEN).

Reference ✧ Ety/DEN ✧ “hole, gap, passage”

Derivatives

> N. dîn “opening, gap, pass in mountains” ✧ Ety/DEN
- ⇒ N. Arad Dain “?High Pass”
- ⇒ N. Din-Caradras “*Pass of Caradhras” ✧ Ety/DEN
- ⇒ N. Din-Dûhir ✧ Ety/DEN