Noldorin
grond
noun. club
grond
noun. club
Cognates
- ᴹQ. runda “rough piece of wood” ✧ Ety/RUD
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. runda > grond [runda] > [grunda] > [gronda] > [grond] ✧ Ety/RUD
grond
proper name. Hammer of the Underworld
rond
noun. cave
rhond
noun. cave roof
rhond
noun. vaulted or arched roof, as seen from below (and usually not visible from outside), or a (large) hall of chamber so roofed
gathrod
noun. cave
gathrod
noun. cave
Elements
Word Gloss gath “cavern” ROT “bore, tunnel”
rhonn
noun. cave roof
rhonn
noun. vaulted or arched roof, as seen from below (and usually not visible from outside), or a (large) hall of chamber so roofed
fela
noun. cave
fela
noun. cave
Cognates
- ᴹQ. felya “cave” ✧ Ety/PHÉLEG
Derivations
Element in
- N. Felagund “Lord of Caves” ✧ Ety/PHÉLEG
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. phelga > fela [pʰelga] > [ɸelga] > [ɸelɣa] > [felɣa] > [felɣ] > [fela] ✧ Ety/PHÉLEG On. phelga > fili [pʰelgi] > [ɸelgi] > [ɸelɣi] > [felɣi] > [filɣi] > [filī] > [fili] ✧ Ety/PHÉLEG
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “cave”, apparently a combination of N. gath “cavern” and ᴹ√ROT “tunnel” (Ety/GAT(H)). Its initial element also appeared in the name N. Doriath “Land of the Cave”, but in later writings S. Doriath was redefined as “Land of the Fence” with final element S. iath “fence” (WJ/370), so N. gathrod “cave” was probably abandoned.