rhaug

noun. demon

Cognates

• ᴹQ. rauko “demon” ✧ Ety/RUK

Derivations

• ᴹ√RUK “demon” ✧ Ety/GOS; Ety/RUK

Element in

• N. Balrog “*Torment Demon” ✧ Ety/RUK
• N. Gothrog “Dread Demon” ✧ Ety/GOS

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√RUK > rhaug	[rauko] > [rǭko] > [rouko] > [rauko] > [rauk] > [r̥auk] > [r̥aug]	✧ Ety/RUK

rhaug

noun. a powerful, hostile and terrible creature, a demon

ûn

noun. creature

ûn

noun. creature

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “creature” derived from the root ᴹ√ONO “beget” (Ety/ONO), perhaps from a primitive form ✱ōno with ancient ō becoming ū.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. onna “creature” ✧ Ety/ONO

Derivations

• ᴹ√NŌ/ONO “beget” ✧ Ety/ONO

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ONO > ûn	[ōno] > [ūno] > [ūn]	✧ Ety/ONO

Variations

• ûn ✧ Ety/ONO