Eldamo : Early Quenya : die

ᴱQ. die n. “yesterday” (Category: Yesterday)

⚠️ᴱQ. dië, n. “yesterday” (Category: Yesterday): Q. nöa “yesterday; former, *previous; ⚠️tomorrow”

A word for “yesterday” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶dyeye under the early root ᴱ√DYĒ, along with more elaborate variant ᴱQ. ’yenye(n) derived from primitive ᴱ✶dyen(d)ye(n) (QL/105).

Reference ✧ QL/105 ✧ “yesterday”

Element In

ᴱQ. dienda “day before yesterday, (lit.) yesterday’s yesterday” ✧ QL/105
ᴱQ. diéra “yesterday’s; (mostly in sense) bygone, over, passed” ✧ QL/105

Derivations

< ᴱ✶dyeye ✧ QL/105
- < ᴱ√DYĒ² “behind, back (before of time)” ✧ QL/105

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶dyeye > die

[dʲejē] > [dʲeje] > [dʲeie] > [dʲie] > [die]

✧ QL/105

ᴱQ. yenye(n) n. “yesterday” (Category: Yesterday)

See ᴱQ. die for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/105 ✧ ’yenye(n) “yesterday”

Element In

ᴱQ. yendiéra “day before yesterday, (lit.) yesterday’s yesterday” ✧ QL/105 (’yendiéra)

Derivations

< ᴱ✶dyen(d)ye(n) ✧ QL/105
- < ᴱ√DYĒ² “behind, back (before of time)” ✧ QL/105

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶dyen(d)ye(n) > ’yenye(n)

[dʲendʲen] > [dʲenjen] > [jenjen]

✧ QL/105