narthas

place name. The Gore

Earliest name for the Naith in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/288). This name also appeared in a deleted entry in The Etymologies as a derivative of a rejected gloss “spear point, gore, triangle” for the root ᴹ√NARTA, whose gloss was changed to “kindle” (EtyAC/NARTA).

Changes

• Narthas → Naith ✧ TI/244

Derivations

• ᴹ√NARTA “kindle” ✧ EtyAC/NARTA
  • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NARTA > Narthas	[nartasse] > [nartʰasse] > [narθasse] > [narθass] > [narθas]	✧ EtyAC/NARTA

naith

noun. gore

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nasta “spear-head, spear-point, gore, triangle” ✧ Ety/SNAS

Derivations

• ᴹ✶natsai ✧ Ety/SNAS
  • ᴹ√SNAS “*gore, triangle” ✧ Ety/SNAS

Element in

• N. Naith “Angle”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶natsai > naith	[snatsai] > [snatsī] > [snatsi] > [n̥atsi] > [n̥aθθi] > [n̥eθθi] > [n̥eiθθ] > [n̥aiθθ] > [naiθθ] > [naiθ]	✧ Ety/SNAS