Doriathrin
naugol
noun. Dwarf
Cognates
- N. Nawag “Dwarf” ✧ Ety/NAUK
Derivations
- ᴹ√NAWAK “*dwarf” ✧ Ety/NAUK
Derivatives
- N. naugol “Dwarf (diminutive)” ✧ Ety/NAUK
Element in
- Ilk. Nauglamír “Necklace of the Dwarves” ✧ Ety/NAUK
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NÁWAK > naugol [naukle] > [naugle] > [naugl] > [naugol] ✧ Ety/NAUK
A Doriathrin word for “Dwarf” derived from the root ᴹ√NAUK- or NAWAK (Ety/NAUK). Tolkien said that it was a diminutive form, not a direct cognate of ᴹQ. nauko or N. naug. It may be derived from a primitive form such as ✱✶naukle, as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/naugol), though there isn’t enough evidence to determine the original final vowel, since primitive final vowels vanished in Ilkorin. The final -ol appeared because [[ilk|[o] developed between a consonant and final [l]]] in Ilkorin.
Its genitive form naugla appears as an element in Dor. Nauglamír “Necklace of the Dwarves” (Ety/NAUK).