rochand

place name. Rohan, Horse-country

Archaic form of the name Rohan (LotR/1115), a combination of roch “horse” and the archaic suffix †-ian(d) “land” (Let/382).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, the form (ON.?) Rochan(dor) implies a different history for this name (RS/435).

Derivatives

• S. Rohan “Riddermark, (lit.) Horse-country” ✧ Let/178; Let/382; LotR/1115; PM/053; RC/241; SA/roch; UT/318; WJI/Rohan

Elements

Word	Gloss
roch	“horse”
-ian(d)	“-land, country”

Variations

• Rochann ✧ Let/178; PM/053 (Ln. Rochann)
• Rochan ✧ RC/241
• Rochan(d) ✧ UTI/Rochan(d); UTI/Rohan; WJI/Rohan