Quenya 

norno

noun. oak

A word appearing as norno “oak” in both The Etymologies of the 1930s and the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the early 1950s derived from primitive ✶[[p|dor[o]no]] and the root ᴹ√DORON (PE19/80; Ety/DÓRON). The appearance of an initial n- is unusual, since generally [[aq|initial [d] became [l]]] in Ancient Quenya. But sometimes ancient [[aq|initial [d] assimilated to following nasal]] instead, as was the case with this word.

Conceptual Development: Variants of this word date all the way back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, which had ᴱQ. nor (norn-) “oak” and ᴱQ. norne “oak-tree” under the early root ᴱ√NOŘO [NDOÐO?] (QL/67). The form ᴱQ. norne “oak” was mentioned in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/140), but it became ᴹQ. norno in The Etymologies of the 1930s, as noted above.

Neo-Quenya: Tolkien introduced words Q. nordo and S. norð “oak” in notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/25), possibly to avoid conflict with Norno “Dwarf” (WJ/388). I prefer the form norno “oak” as better-established and more etymologically interesting.

norno

dwarf

Norno (2) noun "dwarf"; a personalized form of the adjective norna(WJ:413); Nornalië (not *Nornolië) the "Dwarf-people" as a whole (WJ:388)

norno

oak

norno (1) noun "oak" (DÓRON); a later source has nordo (PE17:25)

norno

noun. Dwarf

A word for a Dwarf (WJ/388), a personalized form of the adjective norna “stiff, tough” (WJ/413), patterned after S. dorn.

Quenya [WJ/388; WJ/413; WJI/Norno] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nordo

oak

nordo noun "oak" (PE17:25), possibly replacing norno (q.v.) in a pre-LotR source.

nordo

noun. oak

A word for “oak” in notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/25), possibly introduced to avoid conflict with Norno “Dwarf” (WJ/388). Its Sindarin cognate was S. norð, indicating derivation from primitive ✱nordō. See the entry Q. norno for earlier forms of the word.

Casar

dwarf

Casar ("k")noun "Dwarf", pl. Casari or Casári, partitive plural Casalli. Adapted from Dwarvish Khazâd. Casarrondo place-name "Khazad-dûm", Moria (WJ:388, 389; pl. Casári also in WJ:402)

Nauco

dwarf

Nauco ("k")noun "Dwarf" (capitalized in WJ:388, but not in Etym, stem NAUK). Naucalië (not *Naucolië) the "Dwarf-people" as a whole. Nauco is a personalized form of the adjective nauca "stunted" (itself sometimes used as a noun "dwarf"); pl. naucor (PE17:45). See also Picinaucor.

Naucon

dwarf

Naucon (Naucond-, as in the pl. Naucondi) noun "dwarf", variant of Nauco (PE17:45; not capitalized in the source)

casar

noun. Dwarf

Quenya [PE17/045; WJ/388; WJI/Kasari; WJI/Khazâd] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nauco

noun. dwarf

Quenya [PE17/045; WJ/388; WJI/Nauko] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naucon

noun. Dwarf

Primitive elvish

dorno

noun. oak

Primitive elvish [PE19/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

doron

noun. oak

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√DORON (Ety/DÓRON).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. Dorna “ilex, holm oak” (GL/30), cognate of ᴱQ. norne “oak-tree” which was derived from the early root ᴱ√NOŘO [NDOÐO?] in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/67). The Gnomish word became dorn “oak” in Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document (PE13/113). See ᴱN. gorw “oak” for other early “oak” words.

Neo-Sindarin: Tolkien introduced words S. norð and Q. nordo “oak” in notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/25). I prefer the form Q. norno “oak” as better-established and more etymologically interesting. I would thus use [N.] doron “oak” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, which make it easier for us to retain N. nordh “cord” as well (Ety/SNUR).

Noldorin [Ety/DÓRON; EtyAC/DÓRON] Group: Eldamo. Published by

doron

noun. oak

Noldorin [Ety/355, VT/45:11] Group: SINDICT. Published by

naug

noun. Dwarf

Noldorin [Ety/NAUK; EtyAC/NAUK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naugl

noun. dwarf

Noldorin [Ety/375] Group: SINDICT. Published by

naugol

noun. dwarf

Noldorin [Ety/375] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nawag

noun. Dwarf

Noldorin [Ety/375] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nawag

noun. Dwarf

Noldorin [Ety/NAUK; EtyAC/NAUK; LR/274; LRI/Neweg; WJI/Neweg] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Khuzdûl

khuzd

noun. Dwarf

Khuzdûl [LotR/0534; LotR/1132; LotRI/Dwarves; LotRI/Khazâd; LR/274; LRI/Khuzûd; PE17/035; PE17/045; PE17/085; PMI/Khazâd; RC/225; RC/269; S/091; SA/hadhod; SI/Khazâd; WJ/387; WJ/414; WJI/Hadhod; WJI/Kasari; WJI/Khazâd; WRI/Khazâd] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

cadhad

noun. dwarf

Sindarin [PE17/045] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dern

Dwarf

pl2. dernlir n. Dwarf. >> gorn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:46] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

dornhoth

noun. the Dwarves, lit. "the Thrawn Folk"

Sindarin [WJ/388] dorn+hoth. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gorn

Dwarf

pl2. gornhoth** ** n. Dwarf (hostile implication). >> dern

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:46] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

hadhod

noun. Dwarf

Sindarin [WJ/388, WJ/414] Kh khazâd. Group: SINDICT. Published by

hadhod

noun. Dwarf

Sindarin [SA/hadhod; WJ/388; WJ/414; WJI/Hadhod; WJI/Khazâd] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hadhodrim

noun. the Dwarves (as a race)

Sindarin [WJ/388] hadhod+rim. Group: SINDICT. Published by

naug

noun. dwarf

_ n. _dwarf. [PE17:46] >> cadhad, nogon, nogoth

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

naugrim

noun. Dwarves

Sindarin [WJ/388] naug+rim. Group: SINDICT. Published by

nogon

dwarf

pl1. nogoth, pl2. nogothrim, naugrim** _ n. _dwarf. _fennas nogothrim lasto beth lammen _'doorway of the Dwarf-folk listen to the words of my tongue'. Tolkien first glosed nogoth as 'a dwarf'. [**PE17:45-6] >> noegin, nogoth

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus)] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

nogoth

noun. Dwarf, lit. "the Stunted Folk"

Sindarin [S/435, WJ/338, WJ/388, WJ/408, WJ/413] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nogotheg

noun. lit. "dwarflet", a name of the Petty-Dwarves

Sindarin [WJ/388] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nogothrim

noun. Dwarf-folk

Sindarin [RGEO/75, UT/318, WJ/388] nogoth+rim. Group: SINDICT. Published by

nordh

oak

{ð}_n. Bot._oak. A tree of the orn kind. Q. nordo. >> galadh, orn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:25] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

nordh

noun. oak

A word for “oak” in notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/25). See the entry N. doron for earlier forms of the word.

Sindarin [PE17/025] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nornwaith

noun. the Dwarves

Sindarin [MR/93, MR/106] norn+gwaith. Group: SINDICT. Published by

hadhod

dwarf

  1. hadhod (i chadhod, o chadhod), pl. hedhyd (i chedhyd), coll. pl. hadhodrim (WJ:388). This was a word borrowed from Dwarvish Khazâd. 2) naug (in compounds -nog), pl. #noeg, coll. pl. naugrim, nogrim. (WJ:388, 408, 413; VT45:13). In ”Noldorin” the pl. was nuig, but the Sindarin pl. form noeg is attested in Nibin-noeg ”Petty-dwarves” (WJ:187, 420). Note: naug is also used as an adj. ”dwarfed, stunted”. This word for ”dwarf” also appears in a diminutive form: naugol (in compounds naugla-), coll. pl. nauglath. 2)

hadhod

dwarf

(i chadhod, o chadhod), pl. hedhyd (i chedhyd), coll. pl. hadhodrim (WJ:388). This was a word borrowed from Dwarvish Khazâd.

naug

dwarf

(in compounds -nog), pl. #noeg, coll. pl. naugrim, nogrim. (WJ:388, 408, 413; VT45:13). In ”Noldorin” the pl. was nuig, but the Sindarin pl. form noeg is attested in Nibin-noeg ”Petty-dwarves” (WJ:187, 420). Note: naug is also used as an adj. ”dwarfed, stunted”. This word for ”dwarf” also appears in a diminutive form: naugol (in compounds naugla-), coll. pl. nauglath. 2)

niben-naug

petty-dwarf

nog; pl. Nibin-noeg, coll. pl. *Nibin-nogrim** (UT:148)*

nogoth

dwarf

nogoth (pl. negyth; coll. pl. nogothrim). Archaic pl. ”noegyth” = nögyth (WJ:388, 408) 3) norn (pl. nyrn, coll. pl. nornwaith). From the adj. norn ”twisted, knotted, crabbed, hard”. (MR:93, WJ:205) 4) #Gonhir (i **Onhir), literally ”Master of Stone”, no distinct pl. form except with article (i Ngonhir = i Ñonhir, maybe primarily used as a coll. pl. Gonhirrim _(WJ:205, there spelt ”Gonnhirrim”) _The coll. pl. Dornhoth** ("Thrawn folk") (WJ:388, 408) also refers to the Dwarves.

nogoth

dwarf

(pl. negyth; coll. pl. nogothrim). Archaic pl. ”noegyth” = nögyth (WJ:388, 408) 3) norn (pl. nyrn, coll. pl. nornwaith). From the adj. norn ”twisted, knotted, crabbed, hard”. (MR:93, WJ:205) 4) #Gonhir (i ’Onhir), literally ”Master of Stone”, no distinct pl. form except with article (i Ngonhir = i Ñonhir, maybe primarily used as a coll. pl. Gonhirrim  (WJ:205, there spelt ”Gonnhirrim”) The coll. pl. Dornhoth ("Thrawn folk") (WJ:388, 408) also refers to the Dwarves.


Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Qenya 

norno

noun. oak

nauko

noun. dwarf

Early Quenya

nor

noun. oak

Early Quenya [PME/067; QL/067] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nauka

noun. dwarf

Early Quenya [GL/59; LT1A/Nauglath; LT2I/Nautar; PE14/009; PE15/15] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orome

noun. oak

A deleted word for “oak” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/140), probably a cognate to contemporaneous ᴱN. {gorm >>} gorw “oak” (PE13/145).

Early Quenya [PE16/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

dorn

noun. oak

A Doriathrin noun meaning “oak” derived from the primitive form ᴹ✶dóron[o] (Ety/DÓRON). The accent mark in the root indicated that the first syllable was stressed, thereby preventing the [[ilk|initial [dor-] from becoming [dr-]]]. The second [o] was lost, however, due to the Ilkorin syncope.

Doriathrin [Ety/DÓRON] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naugol

noun. Dwarf

A Doriathrin word for “Dwarf” derived from the root ᴹ√NAUK- or NAWAK (Ety/NAUK). Tolkien said that it was a diminutive form, not a direct cognate of ᴹQ. nauko or N. naug. It may be derived from a primitive form such as ✱✶naukle, as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/naugol), though there isn’t enough evidence to determine the original final vowel, since primitive final vowels vanished in Ilkorin. The final -ol appeared because [[ilk|[o] developed between a consonant and final [l]]] in Ilkorin.

Its genitive form naugla appears as an element in Dor. Nauglamír “Necklace of the Dwarves” (Ety/NAUK).

Doriathrin [Ety/NAUK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

doron

root. oak

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/DÓRON; Ety/LI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

naug

noun. dwarf

Gnomish [GL/59; LT1A/Nauglath] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naugli

noun. dwarf

Gnomish [GL/59; LT1A/Nauglath; LT2A/Nauglafring] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nauin

adjective. dwarf

Early Noldorin

gorw

noun. oak

A word appearing as ᴱN. {gorm >>} gorw “oak” in Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/145).

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor was G. grôn “oak, oaktree” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1920s (GL/42).

Early Noldorin [PE13/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naugl

noun. dwarf

Early Noldorin [PE13/150; PE15/62] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Westron

narag

noun. dwarf

Westron [PE17/035; PE17/137; PM/044; PM/058] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

nawa Speculative

root. dwarf

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by