guru

noun. death (abstract)

Changes

• ngurw → gûr/gurw ✧ Ety/ÑGUR

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nuru “death, death [abstract]” ✧ Ety/ÑGUR

Derivations

• On. nguru “death” ✧ Ety/ÑGUR
  • ᴹ√ÑGUR “*death” ✧ Ety/ÑGUR
• ᴹ√ÑGUR “*death” ✧ Ety/WAN

Element in

• N. Gurfannor “Lord of Death-cloud” ✧ Ety/ÑGUR

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. nguru > gûr/gurw	[ŋguru] > [guru] > [guru] > [guru]	✧ Ety/ÑGUR
ᴹ√NGUR > Guru	[ŋguru] > [guru] > [guru] > [guru]	✧ Ety/WAN

Variations

• gûr/gurw ✧ Ety/ÑGUR (gûr/gurw)
• Guru ✧ Ety/WAN
• gûr ✧ EtyAC/ÑGUR
• ngurw ✧ EtyAC/ÑGUR (ngurw)

guruth

noun. death

guruth

noun. death

Derivations

• On. ngurtu “death” ✧ Ety/ÑGUR
  • ᴹ√ÑGUR “*death” ✧ Ety/ÑGUR

Element in

• N. Gurtholf “Wand of Death” ✧ Ety/ÑGUR
• N. gurth i Morthu “*death (of) ?Sauron” ✧ RS/186
• N. guruthos “fear of death”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. ngurtu > guruth	[ŋgurtu] > [ŋgurtʰu] > [ŋgurθu] > [gurθu] > [gurθu] > [gurθu] > [guruθ]	✧ Ety/ÑGUR

Variations

• Gurth ✧ RS/186

curu

noun. cunning

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kurwe “craft” ✧ Ety/KUR

Derivations

• ᴹ√KUR “craft” ✧ Ety/KUR

Element in

• N. crumguru “wiley, sinister, guilty” ✧ EtyAC/KUR
• N. Curufin “Crafty” ✧ Ety/KUR
• N. curunir “a man of craft, wizard” ✧ Ety/KUR

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KUR > curw > curu	[kurwe] > [kurwe] > [kurw] > [kuru]	✧ Ety/KUR
ᴹ√KUR > cyry	[kurwi] > [kyrwi] > [kyrui] > [kyry]	✧ Ety/KUR

gûr

noun. death

corw

adjective. cunning, wily

gwanw

noun. death (act of dying, not death as a state or abstract)

gwanath

noun. death (act of dying, not death as a state or abstract)