Eldamo : Noldorin : maen

N. maen adj. “skilled, clever” (Category: Craft, Trade)

N. maen, adj. “skilled, clever” (Category: Craft, Trade): G. fim “clever, right hand”

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “skilled, clever” derived from ᴹ✶magnā under the root ᴹ√MAG “use, handle” (Ety/MAG). It was originally glossed “skilled, clever with the hands” and derived from the root ᴹ√MAƷ “hand” (EtyAC/MAƷ).

References ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG; EtyAC/MAƷ

Glosses

“skilled, clever” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG
“skilled, clever with hands” ✧ EtyAC/MAƷ (maen)

Element In

ᴺS. !maenor “craftsman”
N. maenas “craft, handicraft, art” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG
ON. Maenros ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG (Maenros); EtyAC/MAƷ (Maenros)

Derivations

< ON. magna “skilled, clever” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG; EtyAC/MAƷ (magna)
- < ᴹ✶magnā “skilled” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG; EtyAC/MAƷ (magnā)
  - < ᴹ√MAG “use, handle” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG; EtyAC/MAƷ (MAG)

Phonetic Developments

ON. magna > maen

[magna] > [maŋna] > [maina] > [main] > [maen]

✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG