Eldamo : Noldorin : daw

N. daw n. “night-time, gloom” (Category: Night)

⚠️N. daw, n. “night-time, gloom” (Category: Night): S. dû “night, dimness; [N.] night-fall, late evening; ⚠️[S.] dim, dark”; N. maur “gloom”

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “night-time, gloom” and derived from ON. dogme/doume under the root ᴹ√DOƷ (Ety/DOƷ). There are no signs of this word in Tolkien’s later writings.

References ✧ Ety/DOƷ; EtyAC/LOƷ; PE22/35

Glosses

“night-time, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ

daw used instead of ᴹ√LOƷ ✧ EtyAC/LOƷ

Elements

ᴹ√DOƷ

“night”

✧ EtyAC/LOƷ (DAW)

Cognates

Ilk. daum “night-time, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
ᴹQ. lóme “night, night-time, shades of night, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
ON. doume “night-time, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ

Derivations

< ON. doume “night-time, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
- < ᴹ✶doʒmē
  - < ᴹ√DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/DOMO
- < ᴹ√DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ (DOƷ/DÔ)
  - < dongme < dogme < DOƷ/DÔ ✧ Ety/DOƷ

Phonetic Developments

ON. doume > daw

[doume] > [daume] > [daum] > [dauv] > [dau]

✧ Ety/DOƷ