gaur

noun. werewolf

gaur

noun. werewolf

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nauro “werewolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW

Derivations

• ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW

Element in

• N. naur ad i gaurhoth “*fire against the wolf-horde” ✧ TI/187
• N. Tol-na-Gaurhoth “Isle of Werewolves” ✧ LR/284

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ÑGAW > gaur	[ŋgawro] > [ŋgauro] > [ŋgǭro] > [gǭro] > [gouro] > [gauro] > [gaur]	✧ Ety/ÑGAW

gaul

noun. wolf-howl

garaf

noun. wolf

garaf

noun. wolf

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).

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

draug

noun. wolf

draug

noun. wolf

Cognates

• ᴹQ. ráka “wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK

Derivations

• ᴹ✶d’rāk ✧ Ety/DARÁK
  • ᴹ√DARAK “*wolf” ✧ Ety/DARÁK

Element in

• N. Draugluin “Werewolf”
• En. Draugluin “Werewolf Pale”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶d’rāk > draug	[darā́ka] > [drāka] > [drǭka] > [drouka] > [drauka] > [drauk] > [draug]	✧ Ety/DARÁK

draugluin

masculine name. Werewolf

Elements

Word	Gloss
draug	“wolf”
lûn	“pale”