Quenya 

aicassë

mountain peak

aicassë ("k") (1) noun "mountain peak" (AYAK)

Sindarin 

thôn

noun. pine-tree

The Sindarin word for “pine-tree”, most notably as an element in the names Dorthonion “Land of Pines” and Orod-na-Thôn “Mount of the Pine Tree(s)”. Tolkien gave it as thôn < ✶stŏna in a 1955 letter to David Masson (PE17/82) and as {thaun >>} thôn in notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, derived from {✶stāna >> ✶thānĭ- >>} ✶thŏno (PE17/81).

Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. thaun “pine-tree” under the root ᴹ√THŌN of the same meaning (Ety/THŌN). Likely the vowel in this root was a fronted ǭ, which became au in both Sindarin and Noldorin.

In the 1910s and 20s, the “pine-tree” word was ᴱN./G. aigos, first glossed {“cheshnut tree”} in Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/17), with a variant form G. aiguis in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips (PE13/108), and simply as ᴱN. aigos “pine-tree” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/136, 158). It was replaced by thaun/thôn in Tolkien’s later writing, as noted above.

Changes

  • thaunThôn “pine” ✧ PE17/081

Cognates

  • ᴺQ. sono “pine”
  • Q. sánë “pine” ✧ PE17/081

Derivations

  • thŏno “pine” ✧ PE17/081; PE17/081; PE17/082

Element in

  • S. Dor i Thuin ✧ PE17/081 (Dor i thoen); PE17/081
  • S. Dorthonion “Land of Pines” ✧ PE17/081; PE17/081; RC/384; SA/thôn
  • S. Orod-na-Thôn “Mount of the Pine Tree(s)” ✧ LotR/0469; PE17/082; RC/384
  • S. Thonador

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
thānĭ- > thaun[tʰāni] > [tʰāne] > [θāne] > [θǭne] > [θaune] > [θaun]✧ PE17/081
thānĭ- > thoen[tʰānī] > [tʰāni] > [θāni] > [θǭni] > [θoin] > [θoen]✧ PE17/081
thŏno > Thôn[θono] > [θon] > [θōn]✧ PE17/081
thŏno > thuin[θoni] > [θuni] > [θuin]✧ PE17/081

Variations

  • thaun ✧ PE17/081 (thaun)
  • Thôn ✧ PE17/081; RC/384
Sindarin [LotR/0469; PE17/081; PE17/082; RC/384; SA/thôn] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aegas

mountain peak

aegas (pl. aegais) (suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” oeg, pl. oeges).

aegas

mountain peak

aegas (pl. aegais) (suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” *oegas, pl. oeges).

aegas

noun. mountain peak

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aegas

mountain peak

(pl. aegais) (suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” oeg, pl. oeges).

aeglir

range of mountain peaks

(no distinct pl. form). See also

thôn

pine-tree

thôn (pl. thŷn, coll. pl. ?thonath). In the linguistic scenario of the Etymologies, the ”Noldorin” word for ”pine-tree” was thaun pl. thuin, and thôn was rather ”Ilkorin”. However, when Tolkien revised his legendarium so that Sindarin replaced Ilkorin as the native Elven-tongue of Beleriand, names like Dorthonion ”Land of Pines” must be interpreted as containing a Sindarin word for pine. Adj. #thonion ”having pine trees” (isolated from the name Dorthonion), pl. thonyn

thôn

pine-tree

(pl. th**ŷn, coll. pl. ?thonath). In the linguistic scenario of the Etymologies, the ”Noldorin” word for ”pine-tree” was thaun pl. thuin, and thôn was rather ”Ilkorin”. However, when Tolkien revised his legendarium so that Sindarin replaced Ilkorin as the native Elven-tongue of Beleriand, names like Dorthonion ”Land of Pines” must be interpreted as containing a Sindarin word for pine. Adj. #thonion ”having pine trees” (isolated from the name Dorthonion), pl. thonyn**

Noldorin 

oegas

noun. mountain peak

The noun N. oegas “mountain peak” appeared in The Etymologies as a noun form of oeg “sharp, pointed, piercing” (Ety/AYAK). In Noldorin, often ancient ai became oe, whereas in Sindarin ai fairly consistently became ae. Thus if adapting this word to Sindarin, its form would likely be ᴺS. aegas, as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD/aegas).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. aikasse “mountain peak” ✧ Ety/AYAK

Element in

Noldorin [Ety/AYAK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thaun

noun. pine-tree

Derivations

  • Ilk. thôn “pine-tree” ✧ Ety/THŌN
    • ᴹ√THON “*pine” ✧ Ety/THŌN

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
Ilk. thōn > thaun[θōn] > [θǭn] > [θoun] > [θaun]✧ Ety/THŌN
Ilk. thōn > thuin[θǭni] > [θouni] > [θauni] > [θuin]✧ Ety/THŌN
Noldorin [Ety/THŌN; TI/420] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

aikasse

noun. mountain peak

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “mountain peak”, an abstract noun formation of ᴹQ. aika “sharp” (Ety/AYAK).

Cognates

  • N. oegas “mountain peak” ✧ Ety/AYAK

Doriathrin

thôn

noun. pine-tree

A noun for “pine-tree” derived from the root ᴹ√THON, also appearing in its genitive plural form thonion “of pines” (Ety/THŌN, EtyAC/THŌN). Helge Fauskanger suggested that it developed from primitive ✱✶thon- with a short ŏ because the [[ilk|[ō] did not become [ū] before the nasal]] (AL-Ilkorin/thôn), and only later did the short vowel lengthen in the monosyllable. I think that Mr. Fauskanger may have over-generalized this rule, however, since the other examples of [ō] becoming [ū] occur only before [m] and the change may not have applied to nasals in general. If this is the case, this word could have developed from primitive ✱✶thōn-. There is not enough evidence to say for certain either way.

Conceptual Development: In notes elsewhere this word was given the form Dor. than with genitive plural form thanion (LR/405), probably associated with the earlier name Dorthanion versus later Dorthonion (LR/145). It is also possible these are Doriathrin and Ilkorin variations of the same word.

Derivations

  • ᴹ√THON “*pine” ✧ Ety/THŌN

Derivatives

  • N. thaun “pine-tree” ✧ Ety/THŌN

Element in

  • Ilk. Dorthonion “Land of Pines” ✧ Ety/THŌN; LR/405

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√THON > thōn[tʰōn]✧ Ety/THŌN

Variations

  • thōn ✧ Ety/THŌN
  • than ✧ LR/405 (Dor. than)
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Gnomish

aigos

noun. pine-tree

Changes

  • aigosaigos “cheshnut tree” ✧ GL/17
  • aigosaiguis ✧ PE13/108

Cognates

  • Eq. aikasse “pine-tree” ✧ GL/17
  • Eq. aiqaire “fir, pine (tree)”

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶aikasse > aigos[aikasse] > [aikass] > [aikas] > [aikos] > [aigos]✧ GL/17

Variations

  • aiguis ✧ PE13/108
Gnomish [GL/17; PE13/108] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aiguis

noun. pine-tree

Early Noldorin

aigos

noun. pine-tree

Cognates

  • Eq. aikor “pine-tree” ✧ PE13/158

Derivations

Early Noldorin [PE13/136; PE13/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

aikos-sa

noun. aikos-sa

Derivatives

  • Eq. aikor “pine-tree” ✧ PE13/158
  • Eq. aikasse “pine-tree” ✧ GL/17
  • En. aigos “pine-tree” ✧ PE13/158
  • G. aigos “pine-tree” ✧ GL/17

Variations

  • aikasse ✧ GL/17
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Early Quenya

aikasse

noun. pine-tree

Cognates

  • G. aigos “pine-tree” ✧ GL/17

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶aikasse > aikasse[aikassē] > [aikasse]✧ GL/17
Early Quenya [GL/17] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aikor

noun. pine-tree

Cognates

  • En. aigos “pine-tree” ✧ PE13/158

Derivations

Early Quenya [PE13/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tayorme

noun. mountain peak