doron

noun. oak

doron

noun. oak

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√DORON (Ety/DÓRON).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. Dorna “ilex, holm oak” (GL/30), cognate of ᴱQ. norne “oak-tree” which was derived from the early root ᴱ√NOŘO [NDOÐO?] in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/67). The Gnomish word became dorn “oak” in Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document (PE13/113). See ᴱN. gorw “oak” for other early “oak” words.

Neo-Sindarin: Tolkien introduced words S. norð and Q. nordo “oak” in notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/25). I prefer the form Q. norno “oak” as better-established and more etymologically interesting. I would thus use [N.] doron “oak” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, which make it easier for us to retain N. nordh “cord” as well (Ety/SNUR).

Changes

• derœin/deren → dœrœin/deren ✧ Ety/DÓRON

Cognates

• ᴹQ. norno “oak” ✧ Ety/DÓRON

Derivations

• ᴹ√DORON “oak” ✧ Ety/DÓRON

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√DÓRON > doron	[doronō] > [dorono] > [doron]	✧ Ety/DÓRON
ᴹ√DÓRON > dœrœin/deren	[doroni] > [dœrœni] > [dœrœin] > [derein] > [deren]	✧ Ety/DÓRON

Variations

• deren ✧ EtyAC/DÓRON
• derœin/deren ✧ EtyAC/DÓRON (derœin/deren)