Noldorin
othrond
noun. fortress or city in underground caves, underground stronghold
othrond
noun. underground city, fortress
Derivations
- ᴹ√OS “round, about” ✧ Ety/ROD
Element in
- N. Nargothrond “fortress of Narog” ✧ Ety/OS; Ety/ROD
Elements
Word Gloss ost “city, town (with wall round)” rhonn “roof, cave” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√OS > othrond [ostrond] > [osrond] > [oθrond] ✧ Ety/ROD Variations
- oss-rond ✧ EtyAC/OS
rond
noun. cave
gathrod
noun. cave
gathrod
noun. cave
Elements
Word Gloss gath “cavern” ROT “bore, tunnel”
rhond
noun. cave roof
rhond
noun. vaulted or arched roof, as seen from below (and usually not visible from outside), or a (large) hall of chamber so roofed
rhonn
noun. cave roof
rhonn
noun. vaulted or arched roof, as seen from below (and usually not visible from outside), or a (large) hall of chamber so roofed
ost
noun. city, town with wall round
ost
noun. citadel, fortress or stronghold, made or strenghtened by art
fela
noun. cave
fela
noun. cave
Cognates
- ᴹQ. felya “cave” ✧ Ety/PHÉLEG
Derivations
Element in
- N. Felagund “Lord of Caves” ✧ Ety/PHÉLEG
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. phelga > fela [pʰelga] > [ɸelga] > [ɸelɣa] > [felɣa] > [felɣ] > [fela] ✧ Ety/PHÉLEG On. phelga > fili [pʰelgi] > [ɸelgi] > [ɸelɣi] > [felɣi] > [filɣi] > [filī] > [fili] ✧ Ety/PHÉLEG
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “cave”, apparently a combination of N. gath “cavern” and ᴹ√ROT “tunnel” (Ety/GAT(H)). Its initial element also appeared in the name N. Doriath “Land of the Cave”, but in later writings S. Doriath was redefined as “Land of the Fence” with final element S. iath “fence” (WJ/370), so N. gathrod “cave” was probably abandoned.