Eldamo : Noldorin : nod-²

N. nod-² v. “to tie” (Category: to Bind)

N. nod-², v. “to tie” (Category: to Bind): G. ther- “to tie”

A verb glossed “tie” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, appearing as nud- under the root ᴹ√NUT “tie, bind” (Ety/NUT) but as nod- under the entry for the root ᴹ√WŌ, where Tolkien said it coalesced with N. nod- “count” in Exhilic Noldorin (Ety/WŌ). Since short [u] generally became [o] in Sindarin and Noldorin, it seems nud- was an archaic form and the modern form was nod- “to tie”, crowding out nod- “count” which in turn was replaced by other independent verbs like N. gonod- “to count (up)”, though nod “count” survived as an element in compounds (Ety/NOT, WŌ).

References ✧ Ety/NUT, WŌ

Glosses

“tie” ✧ Ety/WŌ

Variations

nod- ✧ Ety/WŌ
nud- ✧ Ety/NUT

nod- “tie” coallesced with ᴹ✶not- “count” ✧ Ety/WŌ

Element In

N. gonod- “to count (up)”
N. gwanod “tale, number”
ᴺS. !dannod- “to untie, undo, unloose”

Cognates

ᴹQ. #nut- “to tie” ✧ Ety/NUT (nutin)

Derivations

< ᴹ√NUT “tie, bind” ✧ Ety/NUT
< ᴹ✶nut- “to tie” ✧ Ety/WŌ
- < ᴹ√NUT “tie, bind”

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶nut- > nod-

[nut-] > [not-] > [nod-]

✧ Ety/WŌ