Noldorin
iaun
noun. holy place, fane, sanctuary
iaun
noun. holy place, fane, sanctuary, holy place, fane, sanctuary, *shrine, temple
Cognates
- ᴹQ. yána “holy place, fane, sanctuary” ✧ Ety/YAN
Derivations
- ᴹ√(A)YAN “*holy” ✧ Ety/YAN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√YAN > iaun [jānā] > [jāna] > [jǭna] > [jouna] > [jauna] > [jaun] ✧ Ety/YAN
pann
adjective. wide
pann
adjective. wide
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶patnā > pann [patnā] > [padnā] > [padna] > [panna] > [pann] ✧ Ety/PAT Variations
- pann ✧ Ety/PAT
lhand
adjective. wide, broad
lhann
adjective. wide, broad
lhann
adjective. wide, wide, [ᴱN.] broad
Cognates
- ᴹQ. landa “wide, wide, [ᴱQ.] broad” ✧ Ety/LAD
Derivations
- ᴹ√LAD “lie flat, be flat” ✧ Ety/LAD
Element in
- N. camland “palm of hand” ✧ Ety/LAD
- N. Lhandroval “Wide-winged”
- N. Lhothlann “Empty and Wide” ✧ Ety/LAD
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LAD > lhand > lhann [landa] > [land] > [l̥and] > [l̥ann] ✧ Ety/LAD
ûr
noun. wide
ûr
adjective. wide
Changes
ûr→ ûr “large” ✧ Ety/URCognates
- ᴹQ. úra “large” ✧ Ety/UR
Derivations
- ᴹ√UR “wide, large, great” ✧ Ety/UR
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√UR > ûr [ūra] > [ūr] ✧ Ety/UR Variations
- ûr ✧ Ety/UR; EtyAC/UR (
ûr)
A noun for “holy place, fane, sanctuary” appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√(A)YAN (Ety/YAN). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. yána suggests a primitive form yānā [jānā], with the medial primitive long vowel [ā] developing into the diphthong [au] as usual.
Conceptual Development: This word has no clear precursors in Tolkien’s earlier writings, but in the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, the word G. gorthin was glossed “fane, temple” and G. alc(hor) was glossed “shrine, fane, temple” (GL/18, 42).
Neo-Sindarin: This word does not appear in Tolkien’s later writings, but it is consistent with the phonetic rules of Sindarin and a later version of its root √AYA(N) does appear (PE17/145), though it does conflict with iaun “wide”.