N. taen¹ n. “height, summit of high mountain” (Category: Peak, Summit)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “height, summit of high mountain” derived from primitive ᴹ✶taʒna of similar meaning (Ety/TĀ), where the diphthong ae arose due to the usual vocalization of ʒ [ɣ] before nasals. It would have gone through the same vocalizations and had the same form if it were a Sindarin word.
Conceptual Development: In Early Noldorin Word-lists there were two similar nouns: ᴱN. tain “mountain” (PE13/153) and ᴱN. dain “height, summit; height, loftiness, sublimity” (PE13/141, 161). The first of these probably had a derivation similar to later N. taen, but the latter was derived from primitive ᴱ✶dágniya. The two forms seems to represent distinct early roots *ᴱ√DAHA and ᴱ√TAHA, which would have blended together in Early Qenya since initial voiced stops were unvoiced: d- > ᴱQ. t-.
Reference ✧ Ety/TĀ ✧ taen “height, summit of high mountain”
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| ᴹ✶taʒna > taen | [taɣna] > [tagna] > [taŋna] > [taina] > [tain] > [taen] | ✧ Ety/TĀ |
ᴱN. dain² n. “height, summit; height, loftiness, sublimity” (Category: Peak, Summit)
References ✧ PE13/141, 161
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| deinir | plural | ✧ PE13/141; PE13/161 |
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ᴱN. tain¹ n. “mountain” (Category: Hill, Mountain)
References ✧ PE13/152-153
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G. dorm n. “summit” (Category: Peak, Summit)
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “summit” derived from ᴱ✶daormĕ- (GL/42). It is probably the cognate of ᴱQ. torme “mountain peak” and thus a derivative of ᴱ√TAHA (QL/87), which based on its Gnomish derivatives is probably *ᴱ√DAHA.
Reference ✧ GL/30 ✧ “summit”
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| ᴱ✶daormĕ- > dorm | [daorme] > [dorme] > [dorm] | ✧ GL/30 |