Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : YEN¹

ᴹ√YEN¹ root. “year”

ᴹ√YEN¹ root. “year”

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “year” with derivatives like ᴹQ. yén/N. în “year” (Ety/YEN). Tolkien’s ongoing use of words like Q. yén and S. ínias “annals” indicate its ongoing validity (LotR/377; MR/200), but in Quenya at least the meaning shifted to that of an “Elvish long year”, equal to 144 solar years (LotR/1107; MR/471; NM/84).

References ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ, LEP, RIN, YA, YEN

Glosses

“year” ✧ Ety/YEN

Derivatives

⇒ ᴹ✶atyēnar “anniversary day” ✧ Ety/YEN
- > N. edinar “anniversary day” ✧ Ety/YEN
⇒ ᴹ✶yenpanta “aged, long-lived” ✧ Ety/YEN
- > ON. inpanta “aged, having lived long” ✧ Ety/YEN
  - > N. ifant “aged, having lived long, (lit.) year-full” ✧ Ety/YEN
⇒ ᴹ✶yenrinde “year” ✧ Ety/YEN
- > N. idhrin “year, *(lit.) year-circle” ✧ Ety/YEN
> ᴹQ. yén “year” ✧ Ety/YEN
- ⇒ 8 compounds
⇒ ᴹQ. yenya “last year” ✧ Ety/YA
> N. ennin “Valian year” ✧ Ety/YEN
> N. idhrin “year, *(lit.) year-circle” ✧ Ety/RIN
⇒ N. ifant “aged, having lived long, (lit.) year-full” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ
> N. în “year” ✧ Ety/YEN
- ⇒ 8 compounds
⇒ N. ingem “old (in mortal sense), suffering from old age, decrepit, (lit.) year-sick” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ
> Q. yén “Elvish long year (144 solar years)”
- ⇒ 9 compounds
> S. #în¹ “year”
- ⇒ 4 compounds