Early Quenya
orikon
noun. heather
Derivations
- ᴱ√ORO “steepness, rising” ✧ QL/070
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ORO¹ > orikon [orikon] ✧ QL/070
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!
A word appearing as ᴱQ. orikon “heather” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√ORO having to do with steep and rising things (QL/70; PME/70).
Neo-Quenya: Since √ORO “rise” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺQ. oricon “heather” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.