Eldamo : Sindarin : im²

S. im² prep. “between” (Category: Between)

S. im², prep. “between” (Category: Between)

A Sindarin word for “between” appearing as an element in the name Taur-im-Duinath “Forest between the Rivers” (S/123), clearly related to Q. imbë “between” (LotR/377).

Reference ✧ S/123 ✧ im “between”

mîn “between; gap, space, barrier; anything intervening between two other things” vs. im² “between”

Element In

S. Taur-im-Duinath “Forest between the Rivers” ✧ S/123

Cognates

Q. imbë¹ “between, among”

Derivations

< ✶imbi “between”
- < √MI/IMI “in, within, [ᴹ√] inside” ✧ PE17/92 (IMI); VT47/11 (MI); VT47/30 (imi)
  - < IMI, strengthened ✧ PE17/92
  - < imi, strengthened ✧ VT47/30