norn

noun. ?wheel, [G.] wheel

A word appearing as G. norn “wheel” in the Gnomish Lexicon related to G. nor- “run, roll” (GL/31), and thus likely derived from the early root ᴱ√NORO “run, go smoothly, ride, spin, etc.” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/67). ᴱN. norn also appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, but there it was untranslated (PE13/151).

Neo-Sindarin: The root √NOR was associated with both “run” and “roll” as late as 1948 (PE22/127), so I would retain ᴺS. norn “wheel” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.

qirin

noun. wheel

norn

noun. wheel

cwiruin

noun. spinning wheel

A word appearing as G. {cwirmin >>} cwiruin “spinning wheel” in the Gnomish Lexicon, an elaboration of G. cwir- “make spin” though the function of the suffix -uin is unclear (GL/28).

Neo-Sindarin: Since I update the Gnomish verb to ᴺS. pir- “make spin”, I would likewise update this noun to ᴺS. piruin “spinning wheel”.

drô

noun. wheel track, rut

A word appearing as G. drô “wheel track, rut” in the Gnomish Lexicon related to G. norn “wheel” and derived from the early root ᴱ√nor- (GL/31); the root was glossed “run, go smoothly, ride, spin, etc.” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/67). As for G. drô, Tolkien initially glossed it as “(same)” indicating it had the same meaning as the entry G. dronn “race, course, track” above it, but this gloss was deleted and replaced by “wheel track, rut”.

Neo-Sindarin: The root √NOR was associated with both “run” and “roll” as late as 1948 (PE22/127), so I would retain ᴺS. drô “wheel track, rut” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin. For a similar development, compare N. draug “wolf” < ᴹ✶d’rāk based on ᴹ√DARAK (Ety/DARÁK), but in the case of ✱n’ro there is the additional sound change of initial nr- becoming dr-.

rokko

noun. (swift) horse