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Doriathrin

gald

noun. tree

A Doriathrin noun for “tree” derived from the root ᴹ√GÁLAD (Ety/GALAD), probably from a primitive form ✱✶galadā with the second a lost due to the Ilkorin Syncope. Note that the first element [[ilk|[gal-] did not reduce to [gl-]]] because the initial syllable was stressed in the primitive word.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. alda “tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GALAD “tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD
    • ᴹ√GAL “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GÁLAD > gald[galadā] > [galada] > [galda] > [gald]✧ Ety/GALAD
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orn

noun. tree

A Doriathrin noun for “tree” derived from the root ᴹ√ÓR-NI or ᴹ√ÓRON (Ety/ÓR-NI, EtyAC/NEL). According Tolkien, it was “in Doriath used especially of beech, but as a suffix [it was] used of any tree of any size” (Ety/ÓR-NI). The root ᴹ√ÓR-NI in The Etymologies suggests a primitive form of ᴹ✶ornĭ, but elsewhere Tolkien indicated the primitive form was ᴹ✶ornē (e.g. on SD/302). Both primitive forms would have produced Ilk. orn, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/orn).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. orne “(high isolated) tree” ✧ Ety/ÓR-NI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ORON “high tree” ✧ Ety/NEL
  • ᴹ✶ornē “(high) tree” ✧ Ety/ÓR-NI
    • ᴹ√ORON “high tree”
    • ᴹ√RŌ/ORO “rise, up, high” ✧ Ety/ORO

Element in

  • Ilk. regorn “holly-tree” ✧ Ety/ÓR-NI
  • Ilk. Hirilorn “*Tree of the Lady”
  • Ilk. neldor “beech” ✧ Ety/NEL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÓRON > orn[ornē] > [orne] > [orn]✧ Ety/NEL
ᴹ✶ÓR-NI > orn[orni] > [orne] > [orn]✧ Ety/ÓR-NI
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