Sindarin 

orch

noun. Goblin, Orc

Sindarin [Ety/379, LR/406, WJ/390, LotR/II:VI, LotR/F, Let] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Noldorin 

orch

noun. Goblin, Orc

Noldorin [Ety/379, LR/406, WJ/390, LotR/II:VI, LotR/F, Let] Group: SINDICT. Published by

orch

noun. goblin

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK; LR/406

Derivations

  • On. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK; Ety/ÓROK
    • ᴹ✶orku “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
    • ᴹ√OROK “*goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. orko > orch[orko] > [orkʰo] > [orxo] > [orx]✧ Ety/ÓROK
On. orkui > yrchy[orkui] > [orkʰui] > [orxui] > [urxui] > [yrxui] > [yrxy]✧ Ety/ÓROK
Noldorin [Ety/ÓROK; EtyAC/ÓROK; LR/406; PE22/041; TI/229; TII/Orcs] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

orko

noun. goblin

Cognates

  • On. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
  • N. orch “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK; LR/406
  • Ilk. urch “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
  • Dan. urc “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶orku “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
    • ᴹ√OROK “*goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Orqin “language of the Orcs”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶órku > orko[orku] > [orko]✧ Ety/ÓROK

Variations

  • ork ✧ LR/406
Qenya [Ety/ÓROK; LR/406] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

urch

noun. goblin

A Doriathrin noun for “goblin” developed from primitive ᴹ✶orku, also attested in its plural form urchin (Ety/ÓROK). The change of [[ilk|[k] to [x] (“ch”) after the liquid [l]]] was a normal Ilkorin development, but the change of [o] to [u] is harder to explain, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/urch). In an earlier version of the entry Tolkien wrote Dor. orch (EtyAC/ÓROK), which is the expected form. The simplest explanation is that this form actually developed from a variant primitive form ✱✶urku. There is a similar issue with Dan. urc, so perhaps this variant was used by those Eldar who did not complete the journey to Valinor.

Changes

  • orchurch ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶orku “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
    • ᴹ√OROK “*goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶órku > urch[orku] > [orko] > [urko] > [urxo] > [urx]✧ Ety/ÓROK

Variations

  • orch ✧ EtyAC/ÓROK (Dor. orch)
Doriathrin [Ety/ÓROK; EtyAC/ÓROK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Ossriandric

urc

noun. goblin

A noun for “goblin” developed from primitive ᴹ✶orku, also attested in its plural form yrc (Ety/ÓROK). The change of [o] to [u] is hard to explain, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Nandorin/urc). In an earlier version of the entry Tolkien wrote Dan. orc (EtyAC/ÓROK), which is the expected form. The simplest explanation is that this form actually developed from a variant primitive form ✱✶urku. There is a similar issue with Ilk. urch, so perhaps this variant was used by those Eldar who did not complete the journey to Valinor.

Changes

  • orcurc ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶orku “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
    • ᴹ√OROK “*goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶órku > urc[orku] > [urku] > [urk]✧ Ety/ÓROK

Variations

  • orc ✧ EtyAC/ÓROK (orc)
Ossriandric [Ety/ÓROK; EtyAC/ÓROK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

orko

noun. goblin

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶orku “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
    • ᴹ√OROK “*goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Derivatives

  • N. orch “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK; Ety/ÓROK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶órku > orko[orku] > [orko]✧ Ety/ÓROK
ᴹ✶órku > orkui[orkui] > [orkui]✧ Ety/ÓROK
Old Noldorin [Ety/ÓROK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

orku

noun. goblin

Derivations

  • ᴹ√OROK “*goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Derivatives

  • Ilk. urch “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
  • Dan. urc “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
  • ᴹQ. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
  • On. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
    • N. orch “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK; Ety/ÓROK

Variations

  • órku ✧ Ety/ÓROK
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ÓROK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

orc

noun. goblin

Cognates

  • Eq. ork “ogre, monster, demon, giant” ✧ LT2A/Balcmeg; PE15/21; PE13/099; PE13/102
  • Eq. Hongwir “ogres of the north” ✧ PE13/099

Element in

  • G. orcômin “fierce and bloody minded” ✧ GL/63

Variations

  • Orc ✧ LT1A/Orc
Gnomish [GL/63; LT1A/Orc; LT2A/Balcmeg; PE13/099; PE13/102; PE15/21; PE15/25] Group: Eldamo. Published by