The bay north of Dol Amroth in early maps of Gondor from the 1940s (TI/312, WR/434), unnamed in the maps published in The Lord of the Rings. The name is similar to N. hobas “harbourage” and ᴱQ. kópas “harbour”. It was probably derived from the root ᴹ√KOP, a (rejected) variant of ᴹ√KHOP > hobas from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KOP, Ety/KHOP). See the entry on ᴹ√KHOP for details.
Noldorin
lhorn
noun. quiet water
lhorn
noun. anchorage, harbour
lhorn
adjective. asleep
Cognates
- ᴹQ. lorna “asleep” ✧ Ety/LOS
Derivations
- ᴹ√
(O)LOR“sleep; dream” ✧ EtyAC/LOSPhonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LOR > lhorn [lorna] > [lorn] > [l̥orn] ✧ EtyAC/LOS Variations
lhorn✧ EtyAC/LOS (lhorn)
lhorn
noun. haven, quiet water, anchorage, harbour
Derivations
- ᴹ√LUR “be quiet, still, calm” ✧ EtyAC/LUR
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LUR > lhorn [lurne] > [lorne] > [lorn] > [l̥orn] ✧ EtyAC/LUR Variations
- lhorn ✧ EtyAC/LUR
- Lorn ✧ TI/423
lorn
noun. haven
cirban
noun. haven
cirban
noun. haven
cobas
place name. Haven
Derivations
- ᴹ√KHOP “*harbour, bay”
nen
noun. waterland
nen
noun. water (used of a lake, pool or lesser river)
nen
noun. water
Cognates
- ᴹQ. nén “water” ✧ Ety/NEN
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NEN > nen [nen] ✧ Ety/NEN ᴹ√NEN > nîn [neni] > [nini] > [nin] > [nīn] ✧ Ety/NEN Variations
- nĕn ✧ PE21/58 (nĕn)
hûb
noun. haven, harbour, small land-locked bay
An adjective appearing as N. lhorn “asleep” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, cognate to ᴹQ. lorna, derived from the root ᴹ√LOR “sleep” (EtyAC/LOS). Tolkien deleted this form when he revised the root to ᴹ√LOS.
Neo-Sindarin: I’d restore this word as ᴺS. lorn “asleep”, since I retain the connection between the root √LOR and sleep; see the entry on √(O)LOR for further discussion.