nelen

place name. Gore, Angle

Earliest name for Egladil in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/242), also appearing in the longer form Nelennas (TI/245). It is probably related to the root ᴹ√NEL from which nelthil “triangle” is derived, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.29).

Changes

• Nelennas → Nelen ✧ TI/242
• Nelen → Calennil ✧ TI/268

Variations

• Nelennas ✧ TI/242; TI/245; TII/Nelennas
• Nelen-Lórien ✧ TII/Nelen

naith

noun. gore

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nasta “spear-head, spear-point, gore, triangle” ✧ Ety/SNAS

Derivations

• ᴹ✶natsai ✧ Ety/SNAS
  • ᴹ√SNAS “*gore, triangle” ✧ Ety/SNAS

Element in

• N. Naith “Angle”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶natsai > naith	[snatsai] > [snatsī] > [snatsi] > [n̥atsi] > [n̥aθθi] > [n̥eθθi] > [n̥eiθθ] > [n̥aiθθ] > [naiθθ] > [naiθ]	✧ Ety/SNAS