A noun for “encampment” used as the name for the region where the Bëorians settled (S/142). This word superficially resembles the verbal noun of a (hypothetical) a-verb ✱estola- “to encamp”. Such a verb might be a combination of √ET “out” + √TOL “stick up” referring to the erection of tents, where ancient t + t became st as it often did with suffixion. This is all rather speculative, however.
Sindarin
estolad
noun. encampment
estolad
place name. Encampment
Elements
Word Gloss estolad “encampment” Variations
- Estoland ✧ WJI/Estolad
estolad
noun. encampment
Cognates
- ᴺQ. estolië “camp”
Element in
- S. Estolad “Encampment” ✧ S/142
Elements
Word Gloss estola- “to encamp, *erect tents” -ad “noun-suffix” Variations
- Estolad ✧ S/142
estolad
encampment
estolad (pl. estelaid, archaic estölaid)
estolad
encampment
(pl. estelaid, archaic estölaid)
The region where the Bëorians settled, it is simply the noun estolad “encampment” used as a name (S/142).
Conceptual Development: In Tolkien edit’s to the Silmarillion map from the 1950s, this name appeared as Estoland with an n, but this form appeared nowhere else (WJ/189).