A Doriathrin noun for “land” (EtyAC/NDOR) apparently from primitive ᴹ✶ndorē (Ety/NDOR). If its primitive form indeed had a short [o], then this word may be an example of how short vowels sometimes lengthened in monosyllables in Ilkorin.
Doriathrin
garon
noun. lord
Cognates
- ᴹQ. haran “king, chieftain, lord or king of a specified region” ✧ EtyAC/ƷARA
Derivations
- ᴹ√ƷAR “have, hold” ✧ Ety/ƷAR; EtyAC/ƷARA
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ƷAR > garon [ɣarān] > [ɣarōn] > [garōn] > [garon] ✧ Ety/ƷAR ᴹ√ƷAR > garan [ɣarana] > [ɣaran] > [garan] ✧ Ety/ƷAR Variations
- garan ✧ EtyAC/ƷAR (Dor.
garan); EtyAC/ƷARA (Dor.garan)
dôr
noun. land
Cognates
- N. dôr “land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live” ✧ Ety/NDOR
Derivations
Element in
- Ilk. Argador “[Land] Outside the Fence”
- Ilk. Lómendor
- Ilk. Dorthonion “Land of Pines” ✧ Ety/THŌN
- Ilk. Eglador “Land of the Elves”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶ndorē > dôr [ndorē] > [ndore] > [ndor] > [ndōr] > [dōr] ✧ Ety/NDOR Variations
- Dor ✧ Ety/THŌN
bar Reconstructed
noun. home
A noun meaning something like “home” attested only in compounds like Eglamar “Elvenhome”.
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Ilk. Brithombar “*Brithon-home”
- Ilk. Dimbar “*Sad Home”
- Ilk. Eglamar “Elvenhome”
A Doriathrin noun for “lord” derived from the root ᴹ√ƷAR or possibly ᴹ√GAR (Ety/ƷAR), perhaps from a primitive form ✱✶ɣarān-. If so, the [[ilk|initial [ɣ] became [g]]], while the long [[ilk|[ā] became [ō]]] and then [[ilk|shortened to [o] in the final syllable of a polysyllable]].
Conceptual Development: An earlier version of this entry had Dor. garan, which likely had a short [a] in the second syllable which was preserved. Since it did not undergo the Ilkorin Syncope, the primitive form likely either had no final vowel or ended in a short [a], so the second [a] was in the final syllable, which seems to have prevented the syncope; this theory is supported by its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. haran.