nauro

werewolf

nauro ("ñ")noun "werewolf" _(ÑGAW, PE17:39; according to the latter source, the word was adapted from Sindarin gaur)_.

ngaur

'false

pl2. ngaurhoth n. 'false, disguised, deformed', wolf (pl.2 wolf-horde). gaur in absolute initial position. Q. ñauro. >> hoth

gaur

noun. werewolf

werewolf

gaur

noun. werewolf

A noun for a “werewolf” (PE17/39; PE19/107; SA/gaur; Ety/ÑGAW), as opposed to a more ordinary wolf which would be [N.] garaf or draug. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. gaur was derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” (Ety/ÑGAW), and a similar derivation appeared in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s (PE19/106-107), but in notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien said the meaning of its root was “falsify, deform, disguise” (PE17/39).

Cognates

• Q. nauro “werewolf, wolf (not wild wolves)” ✧ PE17/039; PE19/106

Derivations

• √ÑGAW “howl; falsify, deform, disguise” ✧ PE17/039; SA/gaur
• ✶ñgwaurō “wolf (not wild wolves)” ✧ PE19/106
  • √ÑGAW “howl; falsify, deform, disguise” ✧ PE19/106

Element in

• S. Gaurwaith “Wolf-men”
• S. naur dan i ngaurhoth “*fire against the wolf-horde” ✧ LotR/0299; PE17/039
• S. Tol-in-Gaurhoth “Isle of Werewolves” ✧ SA/gaur; UT/054

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ÑGAW > gaur	[ŋgawrō] > [ŋgaurō] > [ŋgauro] > [gauro] > [gaur]	✧ PE17/039

gaur

'false

n. 'false, disguised, deformed', wolf (pl.2 wolf-horde). The form of ngaur in absolute initial position. Q. ñauro. >> ngaur

gaurhoth

noun. group of werewolves

gaur

werewolf

gaur (i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth, "the [were]wolf-host": gaur + hoth "host")

gaur

werewolf

(i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth, "the [were]wolf-host": gaur + hoth "host")

gaur

noun. werewolf

gaur

noun. werewolf

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nauro “werewolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW

Derivations

• ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW

Element in

• N. naur ad i gaurhoth “*fire against the wolf-horde” ✧ TI/187
• N. Tol-na-Gaurhoth “Isle of Werewolves” ✧ LR/284

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ÑGAW > gaur	[ŋgawro] > [ŋgauro] > [ŋgǭro] > [gǭro] > [gouro] > [gauro] > [gaur]	✧ Ety/ÑGAW

draugluin

masculine name. Werewolf

Elements

Word	Gloss
draug	“wolf”
lûn	“pale”