Noldorin 

othram

place name. City Wall

Name of the city wall around Minas Tirith appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/288), a combination of ost “city” and the lenited form of rham “wall”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/3.30).

Noldorin [WR/288; WRI/Othram] Group: Eldamo. Published by

garth

noun. fort, fortress

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. arta “fort, fortress” ✧ Ety/ƷAR|GARAT

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GARAT “*defend” ✧ Ety/ƷAR|GARAT; EtyAC/GAR
    • ᴹ√GAR “keep, hold, possess; maintain, defend” ✧ Ety/ƷAR; EtyAC/GAR
  • ᴹ√GAR “keep, hold, possess; maintain, defend” ✧ Ety/GAR

Element in

  • N. Garthoren “Fenced Fort” ✧ Ety/ƷAR|GARAT; EtyAC/GAR (Gardol); EtyAC/GAR (Garth(th)óren); EtyAC/GAR (Garth(th)oren/Garthorn)

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GARAT > garth[garta] > [gartʰa] > [garθa] > [garθ]✧ Ety/ƷARGARAT
Noldorin [Ety/ƷAR|GARAT; EtyAC/GAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by