ciril

place name. Ciril

One of the rivers of Gondor (LotR/790), a derivative of the root √KIR “cut, cleave” (VT42/13).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared in a list of rivers in Gondor as N. Kiril (TI/312).

Derivations

• √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly” ✧ VT42/13

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√KIR > Ciril	[kiril]	✧ VT42/13

perol

noun. jar

Derivations

• √KWER “revolve, revolve, [ᴱ√] turn”