N. dû n. “night, night-fall, late evening” (Category: Night)

References ✧ Ety/DOƷ, DYEL; EtyAC/DOMO; SD/302

Glosses

• “night” ✧ SD/302 (dū); Ety/DYEL (#dú)
• “night-fall” ✧ EtyAC/DOMO
• “night-fall, late evening” ✧ Ety/DOƷ

Variations

• dû ✧ Ety/DOƷ; EtyAC/DOMO
• #dú ✧ Ety/DYEL
• dū ✧ SD/302

Related

• dû “night-fall, late evening” is associated with ᴹ√NDŪ ✧ Ety/DOƷ

Element In

• N. Delduthling “Ungoliant, *(lit.) Horror Night Spider” ✧ Ety/DOƷ (Del-du-thling)
• N. dúlin(n) “nightingale” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; SD/302 (duilin)
• N. dú(w)ath “night-shade” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
• N. Mordu “*Black Night”
• N. Deldúwath “Deadly Nightshade” ✧ Ety/DYEL (Deldú(w)ath)

Cognates

• ᴹQ. ló² “night, a night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
• ᴹQ. lóme “night, night-time, shades of night, gloom” ✧ SD/302 (lōme)

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶dōmi “night, twilight, gloom” ✧ SD/302
  • < dūmh < dōmi ✧ SD/302
  • < ᴹ√DOM “faint, dim” ✧ Ety/DOMO (DOMO)
• < ᴹ√DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ (DOƷ/DÔ); Ety/DYEL; Ety/DOMO

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√DOƷ/DÔ > dû	[dō] > [dū]	✧ Ety/DOƷ
ᴹ✶dōmi > dūmh > dū	[dōmi] > [dōme] > [dūme] > [dūm] > [dūv] > [dū]	✧ SD/302