ornē

noun. (high) tree

Derivations

• ᴹ√ORON “high tree”
• ᴹ√RŌ/ORO “rise, up, high” ✧ Ety/ORO

Derivatives

• Ilk. orn “tree” ✧ Ety/ÓR-NI
• ᴹQ. orne “(high isolated) tree” ✧ Ety/ÓR-NI; SD/302
• N. orn “tree” ✧ Ety/ÓR-NI; SD/302

Element in

• Ilk. regorn “holly-tree” ✧ Ety/ERÉK

Variations

• OR-NÍ ✧ Ety/ERÉK
• ÓR-NI ✧ Ety/ÓR-NI

galad

root. tree

The basis for Elvish “tree” words, this root first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as an extension of ᴹ√GALA “thrive” (Ety/GALAD). This replaced the earliest derivation of “tree” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, where the Qenya word for “tree” ᴱQ. alda was derived from ᴱ√ALA “spread” (QL/29). In The Etymologies, the Quenya form of this word remained the same, but the 1910s Gnomish words G. âl “wood” and †alwen “tree” (GL/19) became the 1930s Noldorin word N. galadh “tree” (Ety/GALA). Quenya and Sindarin retained these words for “tree” thereafter, and while Tolkien did not mention the root √GALAD again, his continued use of primitive ✶galadā “tree” (Let/426; PE17/153; PE21/74; UT/266) made it clear this root remained valid.

Derivations

• ᴹ√GAL “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA

Derivatives

• Ilk. gald “tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD
• ✶galadā “great plant, tree”
  • Nan. galad “tree” ✧ PE17/050
  • Q. alda “tree, tree, [ᴱQ.] branch” ✧ Let/426; NM/352; PE17/025; PE17/050; PE17/063; PE17/135; PE17/153; PE17/153; VT39/07
  • S. galadh “tree” ✧ Let/426; NM/349; NM/352; PE17/025; PE17/050; PE17/063; PE17/135; PE17/153; PE17/153; UT/266
  • T. galada “tree” ✧ NM/352
• ᴹ✶galadā “tree”
  • ᴹQ. alda “tree” ✧ SD/302
  • N. galadh “tree” ✧ SD/302
• ✶galādu “thicket”
• ᴹQ. alda “tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD; Ety/GALAD
• N. galadh “tree” ✧ Ety/GALAD; Ety/GALAD

Element in

• Ilk. galbreth “beech” ✧ Ety/BERÉTH; Ety/NEL

Variations

• GÁLAD ✧ Ety/GALAD; Ety/GALAD

galadā

noun. tree

Derivations

• ᴹ√GALAD “tree”
  • ᴹ√GAL “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA

Derivatives

• ᴹQ. alda “tree” ✧ SD/302
• N. galadh “tree” ✧ SD/302