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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. oak

Derivations

  • ✶dorno “oak” ✧ PE19/080
    • √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding”

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶dorno > norno[dorno] > [norno]✧ PE19/080

norno

proper name. Dwarf

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

Cognates

  • S. dorn “tough, stiff, thrawn, obdurate” ✧ WJ/388

Element in

  • Q. Nornalië “People of the Dwarves” ✧ WJI/Norno
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nordo

oak

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

nordo

noun. oak

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Cognates

  • S. nordh “oak” ✧ PE17/025

Naucon

dwarf

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

naucon

noun. Dwarf

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.

nauco

noun. dwarf

Cognates

  • S. Nogoth “[Greater] Dwarf” ✧ PE17/045
  • S. naug “dwarf; dwarf(ed), stunted” ✧ PE17/045
  • S. Naugrim “Dwarves” ✧ WJ/388; WJI/Nauko

Element in

Variations

  • nauko ✧ PE17/045
  • naukon ✧ PE17/045
  • Nauko ✧ WJ/388; WJI/Nauko
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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)

casar

noun. Dwarf

Cognates

  • Kh. Khuzd “Dwarf” ✧ WJI/Kasari
  • S. cadhad “dwarf” ✧ PE17/045
  • S. Hadhod “Dwarf” ✧ WJI/Khazâd

Derivations

  • Kh. Khuzd “Dwarf” ✧ PE17/045; WJ/387

Element in

  • Q. Casallië “*Dwarf-folk” ✧ WJ/388; WJI/Kasari
  • Q. Casarrondo “Dwarrowvault” ✧ WJI/Kasari

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
Kh. khazād > kazār[kazād] > [kazāð] > [kasāð] > [kasað] > [kasar]✧ PE17/045
Q. kazār > casar[kazār] > [kasar]✧ PE17/045
Kh. Khazād > Kasar[kazād] > [kazāð] > [kasāð] > [kasað] > [kasar]✧ WJ/387

Variations

  • kazār ✧ PE17/045 (kazār)
  • casar ✧ PE17/045
  • Kasar ✧ WJ/388; WJI/Kasari
Quenya [PE17/045; WJ/388; WJI/Kasari; WJI/Khazâd] Group: Eldamo. Published by