S. ann¹ n. “gift” (Category: to Give)
The most commonly accepted Sindarin word for “gift” is S. ann, equivalent to Quenya Q. anna “gift”, both derived from ✶annā based on the root √ANA “towards” (PE17/90). It was also an element in the names Melian “Dear Gift” (SA/mel) and Rían “Crown Gift” (Ety/RIG). However, Tolkien experimented with a variety of other forms throughout his life.
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. ôn “gift” related to the verb G. antha- “give” (GL/19, 62), both based on the early root ᴱ√ANA “give, send towards” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/31). The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. {ann >>} ant “gift” under the root ᴹ√ANA¹ “to, towards” (Ety/ANA¹; EtyAC/ANA¹). S. ann “gift” < ✶annā appeared in notes from around 1967 (PE17/90). In Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969 Tolkien had S. anw as the equivalent of Q. anwa “gift” (PE22/163), perhaps derived from *(h)an-mā.
References ✧ PE17/90; PE22/163
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| ✶annā > ann | [annā] > [anna] > [ann] | ✧ PE17/90 |
| √HAN > anw | [anmā] > [anma] > [anwa] > [anw] | ✧ PE22/163 |
N. ant n. “gift” (Category: to Give)
References ✧ Ety/ANA¹; EtyAC/ANA¹
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| ᴹ√ANA¹ > ant | [anta] > [antʰa] > [anθa] > [anθ] > [ant] | ✧ Ety/ANA¹ |