Quenya 

nauro

noun. wolf

wolf, werewolf of Morgoth

Quenya [PE 19:106] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

nauro

werewolf

nauro ("ñ")noun "werewolf" _(ÑGAW, PE17:39; according to the latter source, the word was adapted from Sindarin gaur)_.

liyúmë

host

liyúmë noun "host" (VT48:32)

liyúmë

noun. host

Variations

  • liyúme ✧ VT48/32

narmo

wolf

narmo ("ñ")noun "wolf" (ÑGAR(A)M; both the old form ñarmo = *ngarmo and the Third Age form narmo are given). Another word for "wolf" is ráca.

harma

wolf

[harma (2) noun "wolf" (3ARAM). The gloss "hound" was inserted, but then deleted (VT45:17)]

ráca

wolf

ráca ("k") noun "wolf" (DARÁK). Another word for "wolf" is narmo.

Sindarin 

gaurhoth

noun. group of werewolves

Sindarin [LotR/II:IV] gaur+hoth "wolf-host". Group: SINDICT. Published by

gaurwaith

noun. wolf-men

Sindarin [UT/85, UT/90] gaur+gwaith. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gaur

noun. werewolf

werewolf

Sindarin [PE 19:107] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

gaur

noun. werewolf

A noun for a “werewolf” (PE17/39; PE19/107; SA/gaur; Ety/ÑGAW), as opposed to a more ordinary wolf which would be [N.] garaf or draug. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. gaur was derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” (Ety/ÑGAW), and a similar derivation appeared in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s (PE19/106-107), but in notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien said the meaning of its root was “falsify, deform, disguise” (PE17/39).

Cognates

  • Q. nauro “werewolf, wolf (not wild wolves)” ✧ PE17/039; PE19/106

Derivations

  • √ÑGAW “howl; falsify, deform, disguise” ✧ PE17/039; SA/gaur
  • ✶ñgwaurō “wolf (not wild wolves)” ✧ PE19/106
    • √ÑGAW “howl; falsify, deform, disguise” ✧ PE19/106

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√ÑGAW > gaur[ŋgawrō] > [ŋgaurō] > [ŋgauro] > [gauro] > [gaur]✧ PE17/039
Sindarin [LBI/Gaurhoth; LotR/0299; PE17/039; PE19/107; SA/gaur; UT/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hoth

noun. host, crowd, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)

Sindarin [Ety/364, S/432] Group: SINDICT. Published by

draug

noun. wolf

Sindarin [Ety/354, S/430] Group: SINDICT. Published by

draug

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf”, most notably appearing as an element in the name of the great werewolf S. Draugluin. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. draug “wolf” was derived from the root ᴹ√DARAK (Ety/DARÁK).

Element in

  • S. Draugluin “*Blue (Were)wolf” ✧ SA/draug
Sindarin [SA/draug] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gaurhoth

werewolf

).

gaur

wolf

(i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth = i ñaurhoth).

gaur

werewolf

gaur (i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth, "the [were]wolf-host": gaur + hoth "host")

gaur

werewolf

(i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth, "the [were]wolf-host": gaur + hoth "host")

hoth

host

(noun) 1) hoth (i choth, o choth) (crowd, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth). 2) rim (great number, crowd), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”. 3) gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, regiment, people, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith). WOLF-HOST, see under WEREWOLF (concerning gaurhoth**).

hoth

host

(i choth, o choth) (crowd, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth).

gwaith

host

(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, regiment, people, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith). –

rim

host

(great number, crowd), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

garaf

wolf

(i ngaraf = i ñaraf, o n’garaf = o ñgaraf), pl. geraif (in geraif = i ñgeraif), coll. pl. garavath

draug

wolf

1) draug (i dhraug), pl. droeg (in droeg), coll. pl. drogath; 2) garaf (i ngaraf = i ñaraf, o n**garaf = o ñgaraf), pl. geraif (in geraif = i ñgeraif), coll. pl. garavath**, 3)

draug

wolf

(i dhraug), pl. droeg (in droeg), coll. pl. drogath

Primitive elvish

ñgūr

noun. wolf

Element in

Primitive elvish [PE21/82] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

gaur

noun. werewolf

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gaur

noun. werewolf

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nauro “werewolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGAW > gaur[ŋgawro] > [ŋgauro] > [ŋgǭro] > [gǭro] > [gouro] > [gauro] > [gaur]✧ Ety/ÑGAW
Noldorin [Ety/ÑGAW; LR/284; PE21/57; TI/187] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hoth

noun. host, crowd, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)

Noldorin [Ety/364, S/432] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gaul

noun. wolf-howl

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

garaf

noun. wolf

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

garaf

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGARAM (Ety/ÑGAR(A)M).

Conceptual Development: This word seems to have replaced N. araf or aram derived from the rejected root ᴹ√ƷARAM with various glosses like “wolf” or (small or swift) “dog” (Ety/ƷARAM; EtyAC/ƷARAM). This in turn may be a later iteration of G. harog or harw “wolf” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with feminine variant G. harach “a she-wolf” (GL/48).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. narmo “wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGARAM “*wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGAR(A)M > garaf[ŋgaramo] > [garamo] > [garam] > [garav]✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
Noldorin [Ety/ÑGAR(A)M] Group: Eldamo. Published by

draug

noun. wolf

Noldorin [Ety/354, S/430] Group: SINDICT. Published by

draug

noun. wolf

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. ráka “wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK

Derivations

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

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶d’rāk > draug[darā́ka] > [drāka] > [drǭka] > [drouka] > [drauka] > [drauk] > [draug]✧ Ety/DARÁK
Noldorin [Ety/DARÁK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

draugluin

masculine name. Werewolf

Elements

WordGloss
draug“wolf”
lûn“pale”
Noldorin [LRI/Draugluin; SMI/Draugluin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

nauro

noun. werewolf

Cognates

  • N. gaur “werewolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGAW > ñauro[ŋgauro] > [ŋauro] > [nauro]✧ Ety/ÑGAW

Variations

  • ñauro ✧ Ety/ÑGAW

narmo

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGARAM (Ety/ÑGAR(A)M), apparently a variant of ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl”. It seems narmo is a word for an ordinary wolf, as opposed to nauro “werewolf”.

Conceptual Development: A similar (but rejected) form ᴹQ. harma “wolf” appeared under the deleted root ᴹ√ƷARAM (Ety/ƷARAM).

Cognates

  • Ilk. garm “wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
  • N. garaf “wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGARAM “*wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M

Element in

  • ᴺQ. nengarmo “otter, (lit.) water-wolf”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGAR(A)M > ñarmo > narmo[ŋgaramo] > [ŋgarmo] > [ŋarmo] > [narmo]✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
Qenya [Ety/ÑGAR(A)M] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ráka

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶d’rāk under the root ᴹ√DARAK (Ety/DARÁK), where the ancient initial dr became r as usual for Quenya (PE19/37).

Conceptual Development: Earlier words for “wolf” of similar form include ᴱQ. ulku and feminine ᴱQ. ulqi “she-wolf” appearing in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√ULUKU (QL/97).

Cognates

  • N. draug “wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK
  • Ilk. drôg “wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK

Derivations

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

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶d’rāk > ráka[drāka] > [rāka]✧ Ety/DARÁK

Doriathrin

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

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

Ossriandric

garma

noun. wolf

A (rejected) noun for “wolf” developed from the (rejected) root ᴹ√ƷARAM (Ety/ÑGARAM), most likely from primitive ✱✶ʒaramā [ɣaramā] given its cognates. It is an example of the Danian syncope, with second unstressed [a] vanishing after the identical vowel. It is also one of the Danian words for which a long final vowel developed into short final [a]. Finally, it provides an example of how [[dan|[ɣ] became [g]]] in Danian.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. harma “wolf, hound” ✧ Ety/ƷARAM; EtyAC/ƷARAM

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ÑGARAM “*wolf” ✧ Ety/ƷARAM; EtyAC/ƷARAM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ƷARAM > garma[ɣaramā] > [garamā] > [garmā] > [garma]✧ Ety/ƷARAM
Ossriandric [Ety/ƷARAM; EtyAC/ƷARAM] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

urc

noun. wolf

A noun for “wolf” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/75), likely related to ᴱQ. ulku “wolf” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon derived from the early root ᴱ√ULUKU (QL/97). In the Qenya Lexicon Tolkien gave the Gnomish form as ulug, but in the Gnomish Lexicon the gloss of G. ulug was changed {“wolf” >>} “dragon” (GL/74).

Changes

  • ulug → ulug “wolf” ✧ GL/74
  • ulug → ulug “wolf” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë

Cognates

  • Eq. ulku “wolf” ✧ QL/097

Derivations

Element in

  • G. fuithlug “dragon (who guards treasure)” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë (fûlug)

Variations

  • ulug ✧ GL/74 (ulug); LT2A/Foalókë (ulug); QL/097
Gnomish [GL/74; GL/75; LT2A/Foalókë; QL/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

harog

noun. wolf

Derivations

Variations

  • harw ✧ GL/48; GL/75
Gnomish [GL/48; GL/75] Group: Eldamo. Published by

harw

noun. wolf

ulug

noun. wolf

Early Primitive Elvish

uluku

root. wolf

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wolf”, with derivatives like ᴱQ. ulku and G. ulug of the same meaning (QL/97). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon Tolkien first gave G. ulug “wolf”, but this word’s gloss was revised to “dragon” as a cognate to ᴱQ. lōke (GL/74), and Tolkien added a new word G. urc “wolf” as an equivalent to harw. None of the later Elvish “wolf” words resemble either √ULUK- or √URUK-.

Derivatives

  • Eq. ulku “wolf” ✧ QL/097
  • Eq. ulqi “she-wolf” ✧ QL/097
  • G. urc “wolf”
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

ulku

noun. wolf

Cognates

  • G. urc “wolf” ✧ QL/097

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ULUKU “wolf” ✧ QL/097

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ULUKU > ulku[ulukū] > [uluku] > [ulku]✧ QL/097
Early Quenya [QL/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by