tîr

adjective. straight, right

tîr

adjective. straight, right, straight, right; [G.] upright, honest; esteem, regard, honour

Cognates

• ᴹQ. téra “straight, right, straight, right, *correct” ✧ Ety/TEƷ

Derivations

• ᴹ✶tēra “straight, right” ✧ Ety/TEƷ
  • ᴹ√TEÑ “line, direction” ✧ Ety/TEƷ; Ety/TEÑ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶tēra > tîr	[tēra] > [tīra] > [tīr]	✧ Ety/TEƷ

feir

noun. right (hand)

taer

adjective. straight

Written tær (with ae-ligature) in the Etymologies, rectified here according to VT/46:18 (which also lists the ligature)

taer

adjective. straight

Derivations

• ᴹ✶tēra “straight, right” ✧ Ety/TEÑ
  • ᴹ√TEÑ “line, direction” ✧ Ety/TEƷ; Ety/TEÑ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶teñrā > tær > taer	[teñrā] > [tǣr] > [tair] > [taer]	✧ Ety/TEÑ

Variations

• tær ✧ EtyAC/TEÑ

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

fœir

noun. right (hand)

aran

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

forn

noun. right, north

âr

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

âr

noun. king

forgam

adjective. right-handed