thalos
place name. Torrent
Elements
Word Gloss thalos “torrent”
oll
torrent
1) oll (mountain steam), pl. yll. (The source also cites the archaic form old.) 2) thorod, pl. theryd (archaic thöryd).
oll
torrent
(mountain steam), pl. yll. (The source also cites the archaic form old.)
thalos Speculative
noun. torrent
Element in
- S. Thalos “Torrent”
thorod
torrent
pl. theryd (archaic thöryd).
thórod
noun. torrent
thórod
noun. torrent
Derivations
- ᴹ√THOR(ON) “come swooping down” ✧ Ety/THOR
Element in
- S. Brilthor “Glittering Torrent”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√THOR > thôrod [tʰoroto] > [θoroto] > [θorot] > [θorod] ✧ Ety/THOR Variations
- thôrod ✧ Ety/THOR
old
noun. torrent, mountain-stream
oll
noun. torrent, mountain-stream
oll
noun. torrent, mountain-stream
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “torrent, mountain-stream” derived from primitive ᴹ✶ulda (Ety/ULU), where the o became u via a-affection and the ld became ll as usual.
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶ulda > old > oll [ulda] > [ulða] > [olða] > [olð] > [oll] ✧ Ety/ULU
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thalos
place name. Torrent
Elements
Word Gloss thalos “torrent”
thalos
noun. torrent
A noun for “torrent” (Ety/STAL), apparently a combination of the adjective thall “falling steeply” and the suffix -os.
Element in
- Ilk. Thalos “Torrent” ✧ Ety/STAL
ulda
noun. torrent, mountain stream
Derivations
- ᴹ√ULU “pour, flow” ✧ Ety/ULU
Derivatives
- N. oll “torrent, mountain-stream” ✧ Ety/ULU
narog
place name. Torrent
Elements
Word Gloss narog “violent (of water, rain, etc.), torrential”
One of the seven streams from which Ossiriand got its name (S/123), and is simply thalos “torrent” used as a name (Ety/STAL). Given the river’s location in Ossiriand, this name might be Nandorin instead.
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the name Thalos was designated Ilkorin, with the derivation given above (Ety/STAL). Like many of the river names in Ossiriand, Tolkien did not give a new etymology of the name after he abandoned the Ilkorin language.