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Doriathrin

drôg

noun. wolf

A Doriathrin noun meaning “wolf” derived from the primitive form ᴹ✶d’rāk (Ety/DARÁK), probably from older ✱✶darākă. The accent mark in the root ᴹ√DARÁK indicated that the first syllable was unstressed, so that the [[ilk|initial [dar-] became [dr-]]]. Thereafter the [[ilk|long [ā], became [ō]]] and the [[ilk|voiceless stop [k] voiced to [g] after the vowel]].

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. ráka “wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶d’rāk ✧ Ety/DARÁK
    • ᴹ√DARAK “*wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶d’rāk > drôg[darā́k] > [drā́k] > [drṓk] > [drṓg]✧ Ety/DARÁK
Doriathrin [Ety/DARÁK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

garm

noun. wolf

A Doriathrin noun for “wolf” derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGAR(A)M (Ety/ÑGARAM), probably from a primitive form ✱✶ŋgaramō given its Quenya and Noldorin cognates ᴹQ. narmo and N. garaf (as suggested by Helge Fauskanger, AL-Doriathrin/garm). If so, the second a was lost due to the Ilkorin Syncope, and the [[ilk|the initial [ŋg-] simplified to [g-]]]. The initial syllable of the primitive form was probably stressed, since the [[ilk|initial [ŋgar-] did not simplify to [ŋgr-]]].

Conceptual Development: An earlier version of this entry had the root ᴹ√ƷARAM, but this produced the same form Dor. garm in Doriathrin [Ilkorin] since [[ilk|initial [ɣ] became [g]]].

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. narmo “wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
  • ᴹQ. harma “wolf, hound” ✧ Ety/ƷARAM; EtyAC/ƷARAM

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGARAM “*wolf” ✧ Ety/ƷARAM; Ety/ÑGAR(A)M; EtyAC/ƷARAM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ƷARAM > garm[ɣaramā] > [ɣarama] > [ɣarma] > [garma] > [garm]✧ Ety/ƷARAM
ᴹ√ÑGAR(A)M > garm[ŋgaramō] > [ŋgaramo] > [ŋgarmo] > [ŋgarm] > [garm]✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
Doriathrin [Ety/ƷARAM; Ety/ÑGAR(A)M; EtyAC/ƷARAM] Group: Eldamo. Published by