Eldamo : Sindarin : ifant

S. ifant adj. “*aged” (Category: Old)

S. ifant, adj. “[N.] aged, having lived long, (lit.) year-full” (Category: Old)

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “aged, having lived long”, a combination of în “year” and pant “full” so more literally “year-full” (Ety/GENG-WĀ, YEN; EtyAC/YEN). This word reappeared (untranslated) in Silmarillion drafts from the 1950s in the name Torhir Ifant (WJ/192).

Reference ✧ WJ/192 ✧ Ifant

Elements

#în¹	“year”
#pant	“full”	nasal-mutation

Element In

ᴺS. !ifathred “age of person, (lit.) yearfullness”
S. Torhir Ifant ✧ WJ/192

Cognates

ᴺQ. !yeniquanta “aged (with no connotation of weakness), long-lived, (lit.) year-full”

N. ifant adj. “aged, having lived long, (lit.) year-full” (Category: Old)

See S. ifant for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ, YEN; EtyAC/YEN

Glosses

“aged, having lived long” ✧ Ety/YEN
“‘year-full’” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Changes

ifant “aged, long-lived” »» ifant “aged, having lived long” ✧ EtyAC/YEN

Elements

în	“year”		✧ Ety/YEN (in)
pant	“full”	nasal-mutation	✧ Ety/YEN (fant)

ᴹ√YEN¹	“year”		✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ
ᴹ√KWAT	“fill”		✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Derivations

< ON. inpanta “aged, having lived long” ✧ Ety/YEN
- < in-fant < inpanta ✧ Ety/YEN
- < ᴹ✶yenpanta “aged, long-lived” ✧ Ety/YEN (yen-panta)

Phonetic Developments

ON. inpanta > in-fant > ifant

[inpanta] > [inpʰanta] > [inpʰantʰa] > [inɸantʰa] > [inɸanθa] > [infanθa] > [infanθ] > [infant] > [ifant]

✧ Ety/YEN