gondolin

place name. Heart of Hidden Rock

Changes

• Gondolen → Gondolin ✧ Ety/GOND

Derivations

• ᴹ✶Gond-dol-ind “heart of hidden rock” ✧ EtyAC/DUL

Element in

• N. Gondolidhren “Gondolic”
• N. Gondolindrin “Tongue of Gondolin”
• N. Gondolindeb “Tongue of Gondolin”

Elements

Word	Gloss
gonn	“rock, stone (as a material)”
doll	“obscure, dark, dusky, hidden, secret”
ind	“inner thought, meaning, heart”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶Gond-dol-ind > Gondolin	[gondolind] > [gondolinn] > [gondolin]	✧ EtyAC/DUL

Variations

• Gondolind/-inn/-in ✧ Ety/DUL
• Gondolen ✧ EtyAC/GOND (Gondolen)

gondost

place name. Gondolin

Another name for Gondolin appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of gonn “stone” and ost “city” (Ety/GOND).

Element in

• N. Gondothrim “People of Gondolin” ✧ Ety/GOND

gonn

noun. great stone, rock

gondrafn

noun. hewn stone

gondram

noun. hewn stone

sarn

noun. small stone

Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11

sarn

noun. stone (as a material)

Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11