Eldamo : Sindarin : aphad-

S. aphad- v. “to follow” (Category: to Follow)

S. aphad-, v. “to follow” (Category: to Follow): ᴺS. !hil- “to follow”

A verb in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 glossed “follow”, derived from primitive ✶ap-pata “walk behind, on a track or path” (WJ/387), with primitive pp aspirating and then becoming voiceless spirants, with ph pronounced as a long [ff].

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had similarly formed G. obra- “follow; succeed” based on G. ob “after” (GL/62), precursor to S. ab “after”.

Reference ✧ WJ/387 ✧ “follow”

ᴺQ. !nópata- “to precede, (lit.) to walk before” is patterned after aphad- “to follow”

Elements

#ab	“after”
pad-	“to step, walk”

Element In

ᴺS. ^abor² “following, succeeding, close behind (of place), next behind or after (time or place)”
S. aphadon “follower” ✧ WJ/387

Derivations

< ✶ap-pata “to walk behind on a track or path” ✧ WJ/387

Phonetic Developments

✶ap-pata > aphad-

[appat-] > [appʰat-] > [aɸɸat-] > [affat-] > [affad-]

✧ WJ/387

G. obra- v. “to follow; to succeed” (Category: to Follow)

See S. aphad- for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/62 ✧ “follow; succeed”

Elements

“after, close behind (time and place)”

✧ GL/61