[NancyBrooke]

Does anyone recognize these terms: Daerada and Daerion?

They were used by Frodo16424 in the title of his/her fic to mean Grandson and Grandfather. I e-mailed and PMed the author some weeks ago but have had no response.

Does anyone know where these terms came from or what language they are in?

Or, if anyone knows how to contact this author, perhaps they could bring my question to their attention.

Thanks,

N

[Panneth]

They're combinations of some Sindarin words:

daer - great
ion - son
ada - daddy/dad

I'm not sure I agree with the formation of the words either. As an adjective the d- of daer should mutate to a dh-. And when I tend to *create* words of my own, which I only do very ocassionally, I tend to put the adjective second, but it depends from person to person.

Hope this helps

Emma

[NancyBrooke]

Yes, that helps; thanks.

I am working on a fic wherein I want to use Sindarin terms for grandfather and grandson, and wanted to be consistent if there was anything to be consistent with. Now I'm not sure there is, and that's okay.

I'm with you in terms of word order; I think the rules say that modifying adjectives go second, but it makes a less attractive word in this case.

Any other perspectives out there?