hráva

adjective. wild, savage, wild, savage, [ᴹQ.] untamed

Changes

• rōva → hrōva ✧ PE17/099

Cognates

• S. Drû “Wose” ✧ PE17/099
• S. rhaw “wild, wild, [N.] untamed” ✧ PE17/078

Derivations

• √SRAB “wild, not tamed/domesticated” ✧ PE17/078; PE17/099

Element in

• Q. hravan “wild beast”
• ᴺQ. hravanda “wilderness”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√S-RAB > hráva	[srāba] > [r̥āba] > [r̥āβa] > [r̥āva]	✧ PE17/078
√S)ROB > hrōva	[srōba] > [r̥ōba] > [r̥ōβa] > [r̥ōva]	✧ PE17/099

Variations

• hrōva ✧ PE17/099
• rōva ✧ PE17/099 (rōva)

hróva

adjective. savage, wild

hráva

wild

hráva adj. "wild" (PE17:78); see ráva #1.

rú

proper name. Wose

Given as the Quenya word for “Wose” (UT/385), most likely an adaptation of its Sindarin cognate S. Drû.

Cognates

• Wos. Drughu “Wose” ✧ UT/385; UTI/Drúath; UTI/Rú
• S. Drû “Wose” ✧ UT/385; UTI/Drúath; UTI/Rú
• Wes. Rôg “Wose” ✧ UTI/Drúath

Element in

• Q. Rúatan “Wose, (lit.) Wose-man” ✧ UT/385

verca

wild

verca ("k")adj. "wild" (BERÉK)

merca

wild, untamed

[merca ("k")adj. "wild, untamed" (MERÉK, VT45:34)] Compare verca.

drû

adjective. savage

adj. savage, wild. Q. hróva. >> Druadan

rhavan

noun. wild man

Druadan

noun. wose

n. wose, wild man.

drû

proper name. Wose

A Sindarin word for “Wose”, a loan word from the Wose’s name for themselves: Drughu (UT/385).

Conceptual Development: In his Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien considered making this word a native Sindarin adjective “savage, wild” derived from the root √DROB, a variant of √SROB from which rhaw “wild” was derived (PE17/99). These roots would produce the Q. cognate (h)róva instead of better established Q. (h)ráva “wild”, so I personally prefer the later derivation of Drû as a loan word from Wos. Drughu.

Cognates

• Q. hráva “wild, savage, wild, savage, [ᴹQ.] untamed” ✧ PE17/099
• Q. Rú “Wose” ✧ UT/385; UTI/Drúath; UTI/Rú

Derivations

• Wos. Drughu “Wose”
• √DROB “*wild” ✧ PE17/099

Element in

• S. Drúadan “Wose, (lit.) Wild-man” ✧ PE17/099; UT/385; UTI/Drúedain
• S. Drúnos “a family of the Drû-folk” ✧ UT/385
• S. Drúwaith “the wilderness of the Drû-folk” ✧ UT/385

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√D)ROB > drû	[drōb] > [drōv] > [drūv] > [drū]	✧ PE17/099

Variations

• drû ✧ PE17/099

rhaw

adjective. wild

adj. wild. Q. hráva. Tolkien wrote this entry as "rhaw [f]" (PE17:78).

rhaw

adjective. wild, wild, [N.] untamed

Cognates

• Q. hráva “wild, savage, wild, savage, [ᴹQ.] untamed” ✧ PE17/078

Derivations

• √SRAB “wild, not tamed/domesticated” ✧ PE17/078

Element in

• S. rhovan “wilderness; wild beast”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√S-RAB > rhaw(f)	[srāba] > [r̥āba] > [r̥ǭba] > [r̥ǭva] > [r̥auva] > [r̥auv] > [r̥au]	✧ PE17/078

Variations

• rhaw(f) ✧ PE17/078

drúath

noun. the people of the Drû, the Woses

braig

wild

(fierce), lenited vraig. No distinct pl. form. (VT45:34)

rhaw

wild

1) rhaw (untamed). Lenited ?thraw or ?raw (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhoe. (VT46:10) Note: a homophone means ”flesh, body”, 2) braig (fierce), lenited vraig. No distinct pl. form. (VT45:34), 3) lothren (waste), pl. lethrin for archaic löthrin (VT45:29)

rhaw

wild

(untamed). Lenited ?thraw or ?raw (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhoe. (VT46:10) Note: a homophone means ”flesh, body”

lothren

wild

(waste), pl. lethrin for archaic löthrin (VT45:29)

braig

adjective. wild, fierce

The form brerg in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/45:34

rhaw

adjective. wild, untamed

Meaning rectified according to VT/46:10

breig

adjective. wild, fierce

The form brerg in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/45:34