Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : ÐANA

#ᴱ√ÐANA root. “day”

⚠️#ᴱ√ÐANA root. “day”: ✶auri “heat, period of sun”

A primitive form in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives meaning “day” (GL/38). There were a variety of different roots for “day” in later writings such ᴹ√AR¹ or √UR.

Reference ✧ GL/66 ✧ #ðana “day”

Derivatives

⇒ ᴱ✶sek’·ðana “midday” ✧ GL/66
- > G. saidhon “noon” ✧ GL/66
> ᴱQ. sana “day (24 hours)”
- ⇒ 20 compounds
> G. dana “day (24 hours)”
- ⇒ 6 compounds
> G. dôn “[unglossed]”