Doriathrin
dorthonion
place name. Land of Pines
Changes
- Dorthanion → Dorthonion ✧ LR/145
- Dorthanion → Dorthonion ✧ LR/257
Cognates
- N. Dor-na-Thuin “Land of Pines” ✧ Ety/THŌN
Elements
Word Gloss dôr “land” thôn “pine-tree” Variations
- Dor-thonion ✧ Ety/THŌN
- Dorthanion ✧ LR/145; LR/257; LR/405 (Dor. Dorthanion); LRI/Dorthonion
thôn
noun. pine-tree
Derivations
- ᴹ√THON “*pine” ✧ Ety/THŌN
Derivatives
- N. thaun “pine-tree” ✧ Ety/THŌN
Element in
- Ilk. Dorthonion “Land of Pines” ✧ Ety/THŌN; LR/405
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√THON > thōn [tʰōn] ✧ Ety/THŌN Variations
- thōn ✧ Ety/THŌN
- than ✧ LR/405 (Dor. than)
A noun for “pine-tree” derived from the root ᴹ√THON, also appearing in its genitive plural form thonion “of pines” (Ety/THŌN, EtyAC/THŌN). Helge Fauskanger suggested that it developed from primitive ✱✶thon- with a short ŏ because the [[ilk|[ō] did not become [ū] before the nasal]] (AL-Ilkorin/thôn), and only later did the short vowel lengthen in the monosyllable. I think that Mr. Fauskanger may have over-generalized this rule, however, since the other examples of [ō] becoming [ū] occur only before [m] and the change may not have applied to nasals in general. If this is the case, this word could have developed from primitive ✱✶thōn-. There is not enough evidence to say for certain either way.
Conceptual Development: In notes elsewhere this word was given the form Dor. than with genitive plural form thanion (LR/405), probably associated with the earlier name Dorthanion versus later Dorthonion (LR/145). It is also possible these are Doriathrin and Ilkorin variations of the same word.