urus

copper

urus (urust-) noun "copper" (VT41:10)

urus

noun. copper

Cognates

• S. rust “copper” ✧ VT41/10
• T. urus “copper” ✧ VT41/10

Derivations

• √RUS “brownish red” ✧ VT41/10

Element in

• Q. calarus “polished copper” ✧ VT41/10
• Q. lairus “verdigris” ✧ VT41/10
• ᴺQ. urusta “of copper”
• ᴺQ. urustamitta “copper-piece”
• ᴺQ. urustan “copper-smith”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√(u)rus > urus	[urusto] > [urust] > [urus]	✧ VT41/10

Urundil

copper-lover

Urundil masc. name, "copper-lover" (PM:365); this may suggest #urun as one word for "copper", unless this is the ending -ndil "friend, lover" suffixed to #uru- as a reduced form of urus, q.v.

urundil

masculine name. Copper-lover

An early sobriquet of the father of Nerdanel, more widely known than his given name Sarmo (PM/366). This name is a compound of the root √URUN “copper” and the suffix -(n)dil “-friend, -lover”. In later writings, Tolkien changed his given name from Sarmo to Mahtan, so perhaps this sobriquet no longer applied.

tambë

copper

tambë (2) noun "copper" (LT1:250; this is "Qenya"; see urus for a later word for "copper")

tampë

copper

tampë noun "copper" (LT1:268; in LotR-style Quenya tampë is [also?] the past tense of tap- "stop, block")

rust

noun. copper

rust

noun. copper

Cognates

• Q. urus “copper” ✧ VT41/10

Derivations

• √RUS “brownish red” ✧ VT41/10

Element in

• S. rustui “copper, copper, *of copper, like copper” ✧ VT41/10

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√(u)rus > rust	[uruste] > [urust] > [urust] > [rust]	✧ VT41/10

rustui

adjective. of copper

rustui

adjective. copper, copper, *of copper, like copper

ross

adjective. red-haired, copper coloured (especially used of animals, as fox, red deer, etc.)

urun

noun. copper

Derivations

• √URUN “copper”

rust

copper

rust, pl. ryst (idh ryst) if there is a pl. Possibly also ?urun (pl. yryn if there is a pl.).

rust

copper

pl. ryst (idh ryst) if there is a pl.  Possibly also ?urun (pl. yryn if there is a pl.).

urus

noun. copper

Cognates

• Q. urus “copper” ✧ VT41/10

Derivations

• √RUS “brownish red” ✧ VT41/10

urun

root. copper

Derivatives

• ᴺS. urun “copper”

Element in

• Q. Urundil “Copper-lover” ✧ PM/366