Early Quenya
mindon
noun. turret, tower
Cognates
- G. mindon “tower” ✧ LT1A/Minethlos; PE13/104
Derivations
- ᴱ√MINI “*tower” ✧ LT1A/Minethlos; QL/061
Element in
- Eq. lante no lanta-mindon “falling upon fallen towers” ✧ MC/214
- Eq. Issemindon ✧ PE13/104
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MINI² > Mindon [mindon] ✧ QL/061 Variations
- Mindon ✧ QL/061
ambo
noun. hill
Cognates
- En. amon “hill” ✧ PE13/137; PE13/159
amun
noun. hill
Cognates
- G. amon “hill, mount, steep slope” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth
Derivations
- ᴱ√AM(U) “up(wards)” ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; QL/030
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√AM(U) > amun [amund] > [amun] ✧ QL/030 Variations
- amun(d) ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth
oron
noun. hill
Variations
- oron(d) ✧ PME/070
tirin
place name. Tower
oro
noun. hill
Cognates
- G. orod “mountain” ✧ LT1A/Kalormë
Derivations
- ᴱ√ORO “steepness, rising” ✧ LT1A/Kalormë; QL/070
Element in
- Eq. Angoronti “Mountains of Iron”
- Eq. I Oros Valinoriva “*Mountains of Valinor” ✧ VT28/30
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ORO¹ > oro [orō] > [oro] ✧ QL/070
Name of Ingil’s tower in the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/5), it is simply tirin “tower” used as a name (LT1A/Kortirion).