thamas

noun. great hall

thamas

noun. great hall

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “great hall”, an elaboration of tham “hall” under the root ᴹ√STAB (Ety/STAB).

Conceptual Development: There was a similar word G. thambros “hall” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of G. tham “chamber, room” (GL/72).

Neo-Sindarin: See S. sam “chamber” for a discussion of possible later forms of this word’s root, and possible Neo-Sindarin uses.

Variations

• thambas ✧ Ety/STAB (thambas)

thambas

noun. great hall

tham

noun. hall

tham

noun. hall

Cognates

• ᴹQ. sambe “room, chamber” ✧ Ety/STAB

Derivations

• ᴹ✶stambē “room, chamber” ✧ Ety/STAB
  • ᴹ√STAB “*wood” ✧ Ety/STAB

Element in

• N. thamas “great hall” ✧ Ety/STAB

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶stambē > thamb > tham	[stambē] > [stambe] > [sθambe] > [θambe] > [θamb] > [θamb] > [θamm] > [θam]	✧ Ety/STAB

thamb

noun. hall