A Doriathrin noun meaning “wolf” derived from the primitive form ᴹ✶d’rāk (Ety/DARÁK), probably from older ✱✶darākă. The accent mark in the root ᴹ√DARÁK indicated that the first syllable was unstressed, so that the [[ilk|initial [dar-] became [dr-]]]. Thereafter the [[ilk|long [ā], became [ō]]] and the [[ilk|voiceless stop [k] voiced to [g] after the vowel]].
Doriathrin
garm
noun. wolf
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√ÑGARAM “*wolf” ✧ Ety/ƷARAM; Ety/ÑGAR(A)M; EtyAC/ƷARAM
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ƷARAM > garm [ɣaramā] > [ɣarama] > [ɣarma] > [garma] > [garm] ✧ Ety/ƷARAM ᴹ√ÑGAR(A)M > garm [ŋgaramō] > [ŋgaramo] > [ŋgarmo] > [ŋgarm] > [garm] ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
drôg
noun. wolf
Cognates
- ᴹQ. ráka “wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶d’rāk > drôg [darā́k] > [drā́k] > [drṓk] > [drṓg] ✧ Ety/DARÁK
A Doriathrin noun for “wolf” derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGAR(A)M (Ety/ÑGARAM), probably from a primitive form ✱✶ŋgaramō given its Quenya and Noldorin cognates ᴹQ. narmo and N. garaf (as suggested by Helge Fauskanger, AL-Doriathrin/garm). If so, the second a was lost due to the Ilkorin Syncope, and the [[ilk|the initial [ŋg-] simplified to [g-]]]. The initial syllable of the primitive form was probably stressed, since the [[ilk|initial [ŋgar-] did not simplify to [ŋgr-]]].
Conceptual Development: An earlier version of this entry had the root ᴹ√ƷARAM, but this produced the same form Dor. garm in Doriathrin [Ilkorin] since [[ilk|initial [ɣ] became [g]]].