Noldorin 

gondolin

place name. Heart of Hidden Rock

Changes

  • GondolenGondolin ✧ Ety/GOND

Derivations

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
gonn“rock, stone (as a material)”
doll“obscure, dark, dusky, hidden, secret”
ind“inner thought, meaning, heart”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶Gond-dol-ind > Gondolin[gondolind] > [gondolinn] > [gondolin]✧ EtyAC/DUL

Variations

  • Gondolind/-inn/-in ✧ Ety/DUL
  • Gondolen ✧ EtyAC/GOND (Gondolen)
Noldorin [Ety/DUL; Ety/GOND; EtyAC/DUL; EtyAC/GOND; LRI/Gondolin; PE22/034; PE22/041; RSI/Gondolin; SDI1/Gondolin; SDI2/Gondolin; SMI/Gondolin; TII/Gondolin; WRI/Gondolin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gondost

place name. Gondolin

Another name for Gondolin appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of gonn “stone” and ost “city” (Ety/GOND).

Element in

  • N. Gondothrim “People of Gondolin” ✧ Ety/GOND
Noldorin [Ety/GOND] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gonn

noun. great stone, rock

Noldorin [Ety/359, S/431, X/ND1] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gondrafn

noun. hewn stone

Noldorin [Ety/354] gond+drafn. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gondram

noun. hewn stone

Noldorin [Ety/354] gond+drafn. Group: SINDICT. Published by

sarn

noun. small stone

Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11

Noldorin [Ety/385, S/437, UT/463, VT/42:11, RC/327] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sarn

noun. stone (as a material)

Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11

Noldorin [Ety/385, S/437, UT/463, VT/42:11, RC/327] Group: SINDICT. Published by