Noldorin
garaf
noun. wolf
garaf
noun. wolf
Cognates
- ᴹQ. narmo “wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
Derivations
- ᴹ√ÑGARAM “*wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÑGAR(A)M > garaf [ŋgaramo] > [garamo] > [garam] > [garav] ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
gaul
noun. wolf-howl
draug
noun. wolf
draug
noun. wolf
Cognates
- ᴹQ. ráka “wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶d’rāk > draug [darā́ka] > [drāka] > [drǭka] > [drouka] > [drauka] > [drauk] > [draug] ✧ Ety/DARÁK
A noun for “wolf” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGARAM (Ety/ÑGAR(A)M).
Conceptual Development: This word seems to have replaced N. araf or aram derived from the rejected root ᴹ√ƷARAM with various glosses like “wolf” or (small or swift) “dog” (Ety/ƷARAM; EtyAC/ƷARAM). This in turn may be a later iteration of G. harog or harw “wolf” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with feminine variant G. harach “a she-wolf” (GL/48).