Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : YṆTṆ

ᴱ√YṆTṆ root. “*(en)large, increase”

⚠️ᴱ√YṆTṆ root. “*(en)large, increase”: ^ᴺ√GYANTA “*(en)large, increase”

The unglossed root ᴱ√DẎṆTṆ appeared in the Qenya Lexicon with derivatives like ᴱQ. yanta “large” and ᴱQ. yanta- “enlarge, increase, add to”; Tolkien also wrote and then erased a note saying “or ẎṆTṆ” (QL/106). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon Tolkien gave primitive yṇt as the basis for words like G. gant “larger, greater, more; (lit.) increased” and G. gantha “more” (GL/37). The superlative forms ᴱN. diant “most” and ᴱN. -iant from the Early Noldorin Grammar from the 1920s were probably related. I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root √GYANTA “(en)large, increase” to salvage some of these early words.

References ✧ GL/37; QL/106

Variations

yṇt ✧ GL/37
DẎṆTṆ ✧ QL/106

YA or to above ‽ DẎṆTṆ ✧ QL/104

Derivatives

> ᴱN. diant “most”
> ᴱN. -iant “superlative ending”
> ᴱ✶yn̄t “large” ✧ QL/106
- > ᴱQ. yanta¹ “large” ✧ QL/106
> ᴱQ. yanta- “to add to, enlarge, increase, augment” ✧ GL/37; QL/106
> G. gam(m)a- “to gain, profit, increase; to be profitable, bring in revenue”
> G. gant “larger, greater, more, (lit.) increased” ✧ GL/37
- ⇒ G. ganthan “waxen, grown big, grown up, adult, [originally?] large” ✧ GL/37
- ⇒ G. -iont(ha) “*superlative” ✧ GL/37
  - ⇒ G. egiont “further, farther” ✧ GL/32
  - ⇒ G. fiont(ha) “later” ✧ GL/35
> G. gantha “more” ✧ GL/37
- ⇒ G. -iont(ha) “*superlative” ✧ GL/37
  - ⇒ G. egiont “further, farther” ✧ GL/32
  - ⇒ G. fiont(ha) “later” ✧ GL/35
> G. intha-¹ “to join to (intr.), add, increase, add to” ✧ GL/37