A Doriathrin noun for “mountain” derived from the root ᴹ√ÓROT (Ety/ÓROT). Its Old Noldorin cognate ON. oroto suggests a primitive form ✱✶orotō, where the second [o] was lost due to the Ilkorin syncope [orto]. Later the [t] became [θ] (“th”) because voiceless stops became spirants after liquids and voiceless stops in Ilkorin. Both these developments were noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/orth). This word has two distinct plural forms attested: Dor. orthin (Ety/ÓROT) and Ilk. urthin (EtyAC/WATH); this could represent distinct rules for the formation of plural nouns in the two dialects.
Doriathrin
ôr
noun. blood
Cognates
- ᴹQ. yár “blood” ✧ Ety/YAR
Derivations
- ᴹ√YAR “blood” ✧ Ety/YAR
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√YAR > ôr [jārǝ] > [jār] > [jōr] > [ōr] ✧ Ety/YAR
orth
noun. mountain
Cognates
- ᴹQ. oron “mountain” ✧ Ety/ÓROT
Derivations
- ᴹ√OROT “height, mountain” ✧ Ety/ÓROT
Element in
- Ilk. Lóminorthin “Echoing Mountains”
- Ilk. Urthin Gwethion “*Mountains of Shadow” ✧ EtyAC/WATH
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÓROT > orth [orotō] > [oroto] > [orto] > [orθo] > [orθ] ✧ Ety/ÓROT
A noun for “blood” derived from the root ᴹ√YAR (Ety/YAR). Its cognates ᴹQ. yár and N. iâr indicates a primitive form ✱✶yār(ǝ) [jārǝ], where the vowel changed to [o] because of Ilkorin a-affection. Helge Fauskanger suggested instead that the primitive form was ✱✶yara because of the Quenya stem form yar-, with a lengthening of the vowel in the primitive monosyllabic form (AL-Ilkorin/ôr) @@@ examine further.