N. edinar n. “anniversary day” (Category: Year)
A word for “anniversary day” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of N. ad- “again”, N. în “year”, and N. ar “day”, derived from primitive ᴹ✶atyēnar (Ety/YEN).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, many writers update this word to ᴺS. edinor to be better compatible with the later word S. aur for “day”, as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. rain “anniversary, year complete” (GL/64), perhaps based on the early root ᴱ√RINI having to do with circles.
Reference ✧ Ety/YEN ✧ “anniversary day”
Elements
| ad- | “back, again, re-” |
| în | “year” |
| ar-² | “day” |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶at-yēn-ar > edinar | [atjēnar] > [atjīnar] > [atīnar] > [etīnar] > [edīnar] > [edinar] | ✧ Ety/YEN |