elennor

place name. *Elf-land

A Noldorin name for Ilk. Eglador appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/ELED), apparently a combination of Eledh “Elf” and (n)dôr “land”, with the dh lost because [[n|[ð] vanished before nasals]] in Noldorin.

Cognates

• Ilk. Eglador “Land of the Elves” ✧ Ety/ELED

Derivations

• ᴹ✶Eledandore “*Elf-land” ✧ Ety/ELED

Elements

Word	Gloss
Eledh	“Star-folk, Elf”
dôr	“land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶Eledandore > Eleðndor > Elennor	[eledandore] > [eleðandore] > [eleðandor] > [eleðndor] > [elendor] > [elennor]	✧ Ety/ELED