Eldamo : Quenya : nanwen-

Q. nanwen- v. “to return, go/come back” (Category: to Return, Give Back)

Q. nanwen-, v. “to return, go/come back” (Category: to Return, Give Back)

A verb for “return, go/come back” in notes from around 1959, a combination of √NDAN “back” with √MEN “go” (PE17/166), where ancient nm became nw.

Conceptual Development: Quendian & Common Eldarin Verbal Structure (EVS1) from the 1940s had a similar (probably archaic) past tense form ᴹQ. ndanne “went back” based directly on √NDAN “back” (PE22/96).

References ✧ PE17/166

Glosses

“return” ✧ PE17/166
“return, going/coming back” ✧ PE17/166

Elements

nan-	“back (again)”	✧ PE17/166; PE17/166
men-	“to go, proceed, move (generally); to come, arrive”

Cognates

S. dadwen- “to return, go back” ✧ PE17/166 (damen); PE17/166
S. dandol- “to return, come back” ✧ PE17/166

Derivations

< ✶nanmen- “return” ✧ PE17/166 (nan-men)

Phonetic Developments

✶nan-men > nanwen-

[ndanmen-] > [nanmen-] > [nanwen-]

✧ PE17/166

ᴹQ. #nan-² v. (basic-verb) “to go back” (Category: to Return, Give Back)

See Q. nanwen- for discussion.

References ✧ PE22/96

Inflections

ndanne

past

“went back”

✧ PE22/96

Element In

ᴹQ. á e·ndanne anda né “Oh! he went back long ago” ✧ PE22/96

Derivations

< ᴹ√(N)DAN “back, backwards”