Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : tovn

ᴺS. [N.] ^tovn adj. “lowlying, deep, low” (Category: Low)

ᴺS. [N.] ^tovn, adj. “lowlying, deep, low” (Category: Low): G. hamra “lowly, lowlying; base”; G. um² “lowlying”

See ᴺS. ^tovn for discussion.

haug “low” vs. ^tovn “lowlying, deep, low”

N. tofn adj. “lowlying, deep, low” (Category: Low)

An adjective appearing as N. tofn “lowlying, deep, low” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from ᴹ✶tubnā “deep” under the root ᴹ√TUB (Ety/TUB).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this word as ᴺS. tovn “lowlying, deep, low” to better fit Sindarin orthography.

Reference ✧ Ety/TUB ✧ “lowlying, deep, low”

Cognates

Ilk. tovon “lowlying, deep, low” ✧ Ety/TUB
ᴹQ. tumna “lowlying, deep, low” ✧ Ety/TUB

Derivations

< ᴹ✶tubnā “deep” ✧ Ety/TUB
- < ᴹ√TUB “to fall low[?], go down (below normal ground level), (esp.) to go down (sink, dive) into water” ✧ Ety/TUB

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶tubnā > tofn

[tubnā] > [tubna] > [tumna] > [tomna] > [tomn] > [tovn]

✧ Ety/TUB