Eldamo : Sindarin : main

S. main adj. “prime, chief, pre-eminent” (Category: First)

S. main, adj. “prime, chief, pre-eminent” (Category: First)

A word for “prime, chief, pre-eminent” appearing in notes from the late 1960s derived originally from mein < ✶minya “first” but drifting in meaning (VT42/25). The word for “first” became minui.

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had adjective G. thegin “leading, chief” related to the noun G. thegor “chief” (GL/72).

Reference ✧ VT42/25 ✧ “prime, chief, pre-eminent”

Derivations

< ✶minya “first” ✧ VT42/25
- < mein < minya ✧ VT42/25

Phonetic Developments

✶minya > mein > main

[minjā] > [minja] > [menja] > [menia] > [meni] > [mein] > [main]

✧ VT42/25

G. thegin adj. “leading, chief” (Category: First)

See S. main for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/72 ✧ “leading, chief”