-ndor

land

-ndor, final element in compounds: "land" (Letters:308, UT:253)

-ndor

suffix. land, country

Cognates

• S. dôr “land, land, [N.] region where certain people live, [ᴱN.] country; [G.] people of the land” ✧ SA/dôr

Derivations

• ✶ndorē “land” ✧ SA/dôr
  • √NDOR “land; hard, firm; [ᴹ√] dwell, stay, rest, abide” ✧ PE17/106; PE17/107
  • √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding”
  • √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding” ✧ WJ/413

Element in

• Q. Andor “Land of Gift”
• Q. Endórë “Middle-earth, (lit.) Middle Land” ✧ SA/dôr
• Q. Laurelindórenan “(Land of the) Valley of Singing Gold” ✧ Let/308; NM/351; UT/253
• Q. Lindelorendor “Singing-dream-land” ✧ Let/308; PE17/080
• Q. Lómëanor “Gloomyland” ✧ Let/308; LotR/1131; PE17/081
• Q. Númenórë “Westernesse, (lit.) West-land” ✧ SA/dôr
• Q. Valandor “Land of the Valar” ✧ SA/dôr

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ndor > ndor	[-ndor]	✧ SA/dôr

Variations

• ndor ✧ Let/308; SA/dôr; UT/253
• nor ✧ Let/308
• (n)dor ✧ Let/383
• -nor ✧ LotR/1131; PE17/081

-ndo

suffix. masculine agent

Cognates

• S. -on “masculine suffix”

Derivations

• ✶-on(do) “masculine ending”

Element in

• Q. túrindië “*kingdom”
• Q. astarindo “bystander; supporter”
• Q. Caliondo
• Q. ciryando “sailor”
• Q. colindo “bearer”
• ᴺQ. maicarindo “benefactor”
• Q. Pallando
• Q. rocindë “*debtor, one who trespasses”
• Q. lucindo “*debtor, one who trespasses”
• Q. úcarindo “*sinner”

-nor

suffix. land, country

nór

land

nór noun "land" (stem nor-, PE17:106) this is land as opposed to water and sea (nor in Letters:308). Cf. nórë.

nór

noun. land

A term for “land” as in “(dry) land as opposed to the sea”, mentioned in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 (WJ/413) and again in notes from around 1968 (PE17/106-107).

Possible Etymology: In the Quendi and Eldar essay this term was derived from primitive ✶ndōro, but in the aforementioned 1968 notes Tolkien clarified that its stem form was nŏr-. This means it was probably derived from ancient ✱ndŏr-, where the long vowel in the uninflected form was inherited from the Common Eldarin subjective form ✱ndōr, a phenomenon also seen in words like nér (ner-) “man”. I prefer this second derivation, as it makes the independent word more distinct from the suffixal form -ndor or -nóre used in the names of countries.

Derivations

• ✶ndorē “land” ✧ PE17/106; PE17/107
  • √NDOR “land; hard, firm; [ᴹ√] dwell, stay, rest, abide” ✧ PE17/106; PE17/107
  • √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding”
  • √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding” ✧ WJ/413
• ✶ndōro “land” ✧ WJ/413
  • √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding” ✧ WJ/413

Element in

• Q. nortil “cape (of land)”
• ᴺQ. salquenor “grassland, meadow”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ndōr > nōr	[ndōr] > [nōr]	✧ PE17/106
✶NDŌR/NDŎR- > nôr	[ndōr] > [nōr]	✧ PE17/107
✶ndōro > nór	[ndōro] > [ndōr] > [nōr]	✧ WJ/413

Variations

• nōr ✧ PE17/106
• nôr ✧ PE17/107

-ien

suffix. -land

Element in

• Q. Arvernien “Land(s) beside the Verna” ✧ PE17/071
• Q. Hildórien “*Land of the Followers”
• Q. Lórien “*Dream Lands”

Variations

• -ien ✧ PE17/071 (-ien)

nóre

noun. land

nórë

land

nórë noun "land" (associated with a particular people) (WJ:413), "country, land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live, race, clan" (NŌ, NDOR, BAL), also used = "race, tribe, people" (SA:dôr, PE17:169; however, the normal word for "people" is lië). Early "Qenya" hasnórë "native land, nation, family, country" (in compounds -nor) (LT1:272)