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Doriathrin

taur

noun. wood (place and material), forest

A noun meaning “wood (place and material), forest” derived from primitive ᴹ✶taurē after primitive final vowels vanished (Ety/TÁWAR).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. taure “great wood, forest” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR
  • ᴹQ. tavar “wood (material)” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶taurē “great wood, forest” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR
    • ᴹ√TAWAR “wood, forest” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR
  • ᴹ√TAWAR “wood, forest” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tau̯rē > taur[taurē] > [taure] > [taur]✧ Ety/TÁWAR
Doriathrin [Ety/TÁWAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tôr

noun. king

A noun for “king” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tār(ō), also appearing in its plural form tórin (Ety/TĀ, BAL). Tolkien said that it was “only used of the legitimate kings of whole tribes”, though apparently it also survived in compounds like Torthurnion “King of Eagles” (Ety/THOR) and Balthor “Vala-king” (Ety/BAL). It is an example of how [[ilk|[ā] became [ō]]] in Ilkorin, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/tôr).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tár “king” ✧ Ety/TĀ

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tār(ō) “king” ✧ Ety/TĀ
    • ᴹ√TĀ/TAƷ “high, lofty; noble” ✧ Ety/TĀ; PE21/55
  • ᴹ√TĀ/TAƷ “high, lofty; noble” ✧ Ety/THIN

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tārō > tôr[tārō] > [tāro] > [tōro] > [tōr]✧ Ety/TĀ

Variations

  • Tor ✧ Ety/THIN (Dor. Tor); Ety/THOR
  • tórin ✧ EtyAC/BAL
Doriathrin [Ety/BAL; Ety/TĀ; Ety/THIN; Ety/THOR; EtyAC/BAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by