S. dûn [nd-] n. “west” (Category: West)

S. dûn [nd-], n. “west” (Category: West)

References ✧ LotR/1116, 1123, 1130; PE17/18, 121; SA/andúnë; WJ/378

Glosses

• “the way of the sunset, west” ✧ SA/andúnë
• “west” ✧ LotR/1116; LotR/1123; LotR/1130; PE17/18; PE17/121; WJ/378 (Dún)

Variations

• dûn ✧ LotR/1116; LotR/1116; LotR/1123; LotR/1130; PE17/18; PE17/121; SA/andúnë
• Dún ✧ WJ/378

Related

• Annûn “sunset” has an extra-long vowel under influence of dûn “west” ✧ LotR/1116
• annûn “west” is similar in meaning to dûn “west” ✧ PE17/121

Element In

• ᴺS. !dúnen “western”
• ᴺS. !fordûn “northwest”
• ᴺS. !hardûn “southwest”
• S. Dúnadan “Man of the West” ✧ PE17/18 (Dún·adan); SA/andúnë (Dúnedain)
• S. Dúnedel
• S. Dúnedhel “West-Elf” ✧ WJ/378 (Dúnedhil)
• S. Dúneglon

Cognates

• Ad. adûn “west, westward” ✧ PE17/18; SA/andúnë
• Q. númen “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/18 (nūme); SA/andúnë

Derivations

• < √NDU “down, under, below; sink, descend, go down” ✧ SA/andúnë

Derivatives

• > Ad. adûn “west, westward” ✧ PE17/18
  • ⇒ 11 compounds

Phonetic Developments

√ndu > dûn

[ndūne] > [dūne] > [dūn]

✧ SA/andúnë

N. dûn [nd-] n. “west” (Category: West)

References ✧ Ety/NDŪ, RŌ

Glosses

• “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Related

• annûn “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Element In

• N. Dunhirion “?West Lord Land”
• N. Eldûn “*West-star”

Cognates

• ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ (nú-men)

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶ndūne “west” ✧ EtyAC/NDŪ
  • < ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)” ✧ Ety/NDŪ

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶ndūne > dûn

[ndūne] > [dūne] > [dūn]

✧ Ety/NDŪ