dôr

noun. land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live

Cognates

• Ilk. dôr “land” ✧ Ety/NDOR
• ᴹQ. nóre “land, country, region where certain people live; clan, race, folk, kindred” ✧ Ety/NDOR

Derivations

• ᴹ✶ndorē “land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live” ✧ Ety/NDOR
  • ᴹ√NDOR “dwell, stay, rest, abide” ✧ Ety/NDOR

Element in

• N. Cilthorondor “*Eagle Cleft Land”
• N. Dor Granthir “Land of Cranthir” ✧ LR/265
• N. Dor-Daideloth “Land of (the Shadow of) Dread, Loathly Land”
• N. Dor Firn i Guinar “Land of the Dead that Live”
• N. Doriath “Land of the Cave” ✧ Ety/NDOR
• N. Dor-na-Thuin “Land of Pines” ✧ Ety/THŌN
• N. Dor-lómen
• N. Dorlamren
• N. Dor-na-Fauglith “Land of (Gasping) Thirst” ✧ Ety/PHAU
• N. Elennor “*Elf-land”
• N. Pelennor
• N. Rhofannor “Wilderness”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶ndorē > Dôr	[ndorē] > [ndore] > [dore] > [dor] > [dōr]	✧ Ety/NDOR
N. dy̆r > dȳr	[ndori] > [dori] > [duri] > [dyri] > [dyr] > [dȳr]	✧ PE22/038

Variations

• Dôr ✧ Ety/NDOR
• Dor ✧ Ety/PHAU; Ety/THŌN; LR/265
• dor ✧ EtyAC/NDOR
• dór ✧ PE22/033; PE22/036

dor

noun. land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live

The form dor in the Etymologies is a misreading, see VT/45. In composition and in toponyms, the word is nevertheless reduced to Dor