A noun for “encampment” used as the name for the region where the Bëorians settled (S/142). This word superficially resembles the verbal noun of a (hypothetical) a-verb ✱estola- “to encamp”. Such a verb might be a combination of √ET “out” + √TOL “stick up” referring to the erection of tents, where ancient t + t became st as it often did with suffixion. This is all rather speculative, however.
Sindarin
estolad
place name. Encampment
Elements
Word Gloss estolad “encampment” Variations
- Estoland ✧ WJI/Estolad
estolad
noun. encampment
Cognates
- ᴺQ. estolië “camp”
Element in
- S. Estolad “Encampment” ✧ S/142
Elements
Word Gloss estola- “to encamp, *erect tents” -ad “noun-suffix” Variations
- Estolad ✧ S/142
estolad
noun. encampment
estolad
encampment
estolad (pl. estelaid, archaic estölaid)
estolad
encampment
(pl. estelaid, archaic estölaid)
The region where the Bëorians settled, it is simply the noun estolad “encampment” used as a name (S/142).
Conceptual Development: In Tolkien edit’s to the Silmarillion map from the 1950s, this name appeared as Estoland with an n, but this form appeared nowhere else (WJ/189).