ethrenn

place name. Outer Lands, East

A rejected Noldorin name for Middle-earth appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, the Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Entarda with the meaning “Outer Lands” (EtyAC/EN). It developed from a primitive form ᴹ✶Ēntrende, where [[on|[t] became a spirant after the [n]]], and later the [[n|[n] vanished before the spirantal cluster]].

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Entarda “Thither Lands, Middle-earth, Outer Lands, East” ✧ Ety/EN

Derivations

• ᴹ✶Ēntrende “Outer Lands, East” ✧ EtyAC/EN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶Ēntrende > Ethrenn	[ēntrendē] > [entrendē] > [entrende] > [entʰrende] > [enθrende] > [enθrend] > [eθrend] > [eθrenn]	✧ EtyAC/EN