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Gnomish

balrog

proper name. (Evil) Demon

Cognates

  • Eq. Malkarauke “Balrogs, fire-demons, balrogs, fire demon, Melko’s demons” ✧ GL/21; LT1A/Balrog; QL/032; PE13/099; QL/060
  • Eq. Valkarauke ✧ QL/101

Derivations

Elements

WordGloss
bal“anguish, pain; evilness”
graug“demon”

Variations

  • Balrog/Baldrog ✧ QL/032
Gnomish [GG/08; GL/21; GL/42; LT1A/Balrog; LT2A/Balcmeg; LT2I/Balrog; PE13/099; PE15/21; QL/032; QL/060; QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

grôg

noun. demon

graug

noun. demon

Cognates

  • Eq. (a)rauke “demon, fiend” ✧ GL/42; LT1A/Balrog; PE13/099; QL/032

Derivations

Element in

  • G. Balrog “(Evil) Demon” ✧ GL/21; GL/42; LT1A/Balrog; QL/032

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ʒǝroukē > grôg[ɣǝroukē] > [gǝroukē] > [groukē] > [grōkē] > [grōk] > [grōg]✧ QL/032

Variations

  • grôg ✧ QL/032
Gnomish [GL/21; GL/42; LT1A/Balrog; PE13/099; QL/032] Group: Eldamo. Published by