Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : dammen-

ᴺS. [S.] ^dammen- [nd-] v. “to return, go back” (Category: to Return, Give Back)

ᴺS. [S.] ^dammen- [nd-], v. “to return, go back” (Category: to Return, Give Back): G. raina- “to return”; G. rinta- “*to return”

See ᴺS. ^dammen- for discussion.

!radh- “to return (intransitive)” is more general in sense than ^dammen- “to return, go back”

S. dadwen- [nd-] v. “to return, go back” (Category: to Return, Give Back)

A Sindarin verb for “return, go back” as a combination of √(N)DAN “back” and √MEN “go”, contrasted with dandol- “return, come back” appearing in notes from around 1959 (PE17/166). Tolkien first gave this verb as {namen >>} damen reflecting vacillation on the primitive prefix *nan- > *ndan-. Later in the same notes he gave a form danwen, reflecting vacillation of the development of ancient nm in Sindarin, to either mm or nw.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would use ᴺS. dammen- for this word as the most phonologically plausible. Tolkien represented intervocalic m as both mm and m in Sindarin (e.g. lammad vs. minlamad), so damen- is possible as well. Either way, the pronunciation would be [with damen] (short [m]).

References ✧ PE17/166

Glosses

“return” ✧ PE17/166 (damen)
“return, going back” ✧ PE17/166

Variations

dadwen ✧ PE17/166
damen ✧ PE17/166
namen ✧ PE17/166

Changes

namen >> damen “return” ✧ PE17/166

Elements

dan	“back to, (back in return) against, down upon, back on, back again”		✧ PE17/166; PE17/166 (dan/dad-)
#men-	“to go”	soft-mutation

Cognates

Q. nanwen- “to return, go/come back” ✧ PE17/166; PE17/166

Derivations

< ✶nanmen- “return” ✧ PE17/166 (nan-men)

Phonetic Developments

✶nan-men > damen

[ndanmen-] > [danmen-] > [dammen-] > [damen-]

✧ PE17/166