Eldamo : Sindarin : taw²

S. taw² adv. “thither” (Category: To, Towards)

S. taw², adv. “thither” (Category: To, Towards): G. hant¹ “thither”

A word for “thither” based on ✶tad = √TA “that” + ancient allative suffix ✶-da “motion towards”, where final [d] spirantalized and vanished (PE19/104). In the 1930s and 40s it appeared only in its Old Noldorin form tō (Ety/TA; PE19/52; PE21/58).

References ✧ PE19/104

Glosses

“thither” ✧ PE19/104

Variations

taw ✧ PE19/104

ᴺS. !mî “(to the) inside; into” cf. taw² “thither”
ᴺS. !sî “yet, hither(to), hereto” cf. taw² “thither”

Inflections

daw	soft-mutation; t-mutation	✧ PE19/104
do	soft-mutation; t-mutation	✧ PE19/104

Derivations

< ✶tad(a) “thither, thereto, to that” ✧ PE19/104 (tad)
- < tā < tað < tad ✧ PE19/104

Phonetic Developments

✶tad > tað > tā > taw

[tad] > [tā] > [tǭ] > [tau]

✧ PE19/104

ON. tō adv. “thither”

See S. taw² for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/TA; EtyAC/TA; PE19/52; PE21/58

Glosses

“thither” ✧ Ety/TA; PE19/52; PE21/58

Variations

tō ✧ Ety/TA; PE19/52 (N. tō); PE21/58

Changes

tó »» tō “thither” ✧ EtyAC/TA

Cognates

ᴹQ. tar “thither, beyond” ✧ PE21/58

Derivations

< ᴹ√TA “that” ✧ Ety/TA
< ᴹ✶tad “thither” ✧ PE19/52; PE21/58 (tā̆d)
- < tā < tad ✧ PE19/52
- < ᴹ√TA “that” ✧ Ety/TA

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√TA > tō	[tad] > [tā] > [tǭ]	✧ Ety/TA
ᴹ✶tad > tā > tō	[tad] > [tā] > [tǭ]	✧ PE19/52
ᴹ✶tā̆d > tō	[tad] > [tā] > [tǭ]	✧ PE21/58