taur

adjective. vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful, huge; high, sublime

Variations

• taur ✧ Ety/TĀ; Ety/TÁWAR; Ety/TUR

Derivations

• ᴹ✶taurā “masterful, mighty” ✧ Ety/TĀ; Ety/TÁWAR; Ety/TUR
  • ᴹ√TUR “power, control, mastery, victory” ✧ Ety/TĀ; Ety/TÁWAR; Ety/TUR

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tára “lofty, high” ✧ Ety/TĀ; Ety/TÁWAR
• ᴹQ. taura “mighty” ✧ Ety/TUR

Element in

• N. -dor “*king, lord” ✧ Ety/TĀ
• N. Tor-dilluin
• N. Nimdildor “High White Horn” ✧ Ety/TĀ
• N. Taurost “High City”
• N. Torfir “High-man” ✧ Ety/TĀ
• ᴺS. torchal “shark or other large predatory fish”
• S. Torhir Ifant

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶tau̯rā > taur	[taurā] > [taura] > [tǭra] > [toura] > [taura] > [taur]	✧ Ety/TĀ

Inflections

Word	Form	Gloss	Source
Tor-	prefix	-	✧ Ety/TĀ
dor	soft-mutation	-	✧ Ety/TĀ

taur

noun. king (of a whole tribe)

Variations

• taur ✧ Ety/TĀ (taur); EtyAC/LEP

Derivations

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

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tár “king” ✧ Ety/TĀ

Element in

• S. -dor “*king, lord”
• N. Neleduir “Three Kings” ✧ EtyAC/LEP
• N. Ardórin “?Day of Kings”
• N. Taur Egledhrim “King of the Exiles” ✧ Ety/TĀ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶tārō > taur	[tārō] > [tāro] > [tǭro] > [touro] > [tauro] > [taur]	✧ Ety/TĀ

Inflections

Word	Form	Gloss	Source
duir	soft-mutation plural	“kings”	✧ EtyAC/LEP

taur

noun. forest, great wood

Variations

• Taur ✧ Ety/ERÉK; Ety/PHUY; Ety/SPAR
• taur ✧ Ety/TÁWAR; Ety/TÁWAR

Derivations

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

Cognates

• ᴹQ. taure “great wood, forest” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR

Element in

• N. Taur-na-Danion “Forest of Pines”
• N. Taur-na-Faroth “Hills of the Hunters” ✧ Ety/SPAR
• N. Taur-na-Delduath “*Forest of Deadly Nightshade”
• N. Taur-nan-Erig “Forest of Region” ✧ Ety/ERÉK
• N. Taur-na-Fuin “Forest of Night” ✧ Ety/PHUY
• N. Tauros “Lord of Forests; (lit.) Forest-Dread” ✧ Ety/TÁWAR
• N. Taur-rimmon “Forest of Rimmon”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶tau̯rē > taur	[taurē] > [taure] > [tǭre] > [toure] > [taure] > [taur]	✧ Ety/TÁWAR

taur

noun. king (only used of the legitimate kings of whole tribes)

In LotR/IV:IV, Frodo is called Daur, which might be the mutated form of this word

taur

adjective. mighty, vast, overwhelming, huge, awful, high, sublime

taur

noun. great wood, forest

aran

noun. king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)

âr

noun. king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)

âr

noun. king