draug (“wolf”) + luin (Dor. “pale, #blue”)
Quenya
nauro
werewolf
nauro
werewolf
Draugluin
noun. pale, #blue wolf
draug (“wolf”) + luin (Dor. “pale, #blue”)
draugluin
masculine name. *Blue (Were)wolf
The great werewolf servant of Sauron who was slain by Huan (S/174). His name appears to be a combination of draug “(were)wolf” (SA/draug) and luin “blue”.
Conceptual Development: The name ᴱN. Draugluin first appeared in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s where it was glossed “werewolf pale” (LB/205), so that at this stage its second element might have been a variant of ᴱN. lhui “pale” (PE13/149), also appearing later as Ilk. luin “pale” (Ety/LUG²). The name N. (or Ilk.?) Draugluin appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s glossed only as “Werewolf” (LR/134), so the intended meaning of the name after Tolkien abandoned the Ilkorin language is unclear.
Elements
Word Gloss draug “wolf” luin “blue”
gaur
noun. werewolf
werewolf
gaur
noun. werewolf
A noun for a “werewolf” (PE17/39; PE19/107; SA/gaur; Ety/ÑGAW), as opposed to a more ordinary wolf which would be [N.] garaf or draug. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. gaur was derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” (Ety/ÑGAW), and a similar derivation appeared in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s (PE19/106-107), but in notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien said the meaning of its root was “falsify, deform, disguise” (PE17/39).
Cognates
- Q. nauro “werewolf, wolf (not wild wolves)” ✧ PE17/039; PE19/106
Derivations
Element in
- S. Gaurwaith “Wolf-men”
- S. naur dan i ngaurhoth “*fire against the wolf-horde” ✧ LotR/0299; PE17/039
- S. Tol-in-Gaurhoth “Isle of Werewolves” ✧ SA/gaur; UT/054
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √ÑGAW > gaur [ŋgawrō] > [ŋgaurō] > [ŋgauro] > [gauro] > [gaur] ✧ PE17/039
gaurhoth
noun. group of werewolves
gaur
werewolf
gaur (i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth, "the [were]wolf-host": gaur + hoth "host")
gaur
werewolf
(i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth, "the [were]wolf-host": gaur + hoth "host")
draugluin
masculine name. Werewolf
Elements
Word Gloss draug “wolf” lûn “pale”
gaur
noun. werewolf
gaur
noun. werewolf
Cognates
- ᴹQ. nauro “werewolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW
Derivations
- ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW
Element in
- N. naur ad i gaurhoth “*fire against the wolf-horde” ✧ TI/187
- N. Tol-na-Gaurhoth “Isle of Werewolves” ✧ LR/284
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÑGAW > gaur [ŋgawro] > [ŋgauro] > [ŋgǭro] > [gǭro] > [gouro] > [gauro] > [gaur] ✧ Ety/ÑGAW
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nauro
noun. werewolf
Cognates
- N. gaur “werewolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW
Derivations
- ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÑGAW > ñauro [ŋgauro] > [ŋauro] > [nauro] ✧ Ety/ÑGAW Variations
- ñauro ✧ Ety/ÑGAW
draugluin
masculine name. Werewolf Pale
Elements
Word Gloss draug “wolf” lhui “pale”
nauro ("ñ")noun "werewolf" _(ÑGAW, PE17:39; according to the latter source, the word was adapted from Sindarin gaur)_.