Noldorin
taur
adjective. vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful, huge; high, sublime
Variations
- taur ✧ Ety/TĀ; Ety/TÁWAR; Ety/TUR
Derivations
Cognates
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
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
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)
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
In LotR/IV:IV, Frodo is called Daur, which might be the mutated form of this word