topon.
Sindarin
dor i thuin
place name. Dor i Thuin
Changes
Dor i thoen→ Dor i Thuin ✧ PE17/081Elements
Word Gloss dôr “land, land, [N.] region where certain people live, [ᴱN.] country; [G.] people of the land” i “the” Variations
- Dor i thoen ✧ PE17/081 (
Dor i thoen)
Dor i Thuin
place name. Dor i Thuin
A variant of the name Dorthonion, apparently the proper Sindarin name of that region. This name is a combination dôr “land”, i “the” and the plural thuin of thôn “pine” (PE17/81).
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies from the 1930s, a similar variant N. Dor-na-Thuin appeared for Ilk. Dorthonion (Ety/THŌN).