rauco

noun. demon, powerful hostile and terrible creature

Changes

• rauko → rauka ✧ PE17/048

Cognates

• S. raug “demon, powerful hostile and terrible creature” ✧ PE17/048; PE17/048; SA/rauko; WJ/415

Derivations

• √RUK “terrible shapes and the fear they inspire, terrible shapes and the fear they inspire, [ᴹ√] demon” ✧ PE17/048; VT39/10
• ✶grauk- “a powerful hostile and terrible creature” ✧ WJ/415
  • √RUK “terrible shapes and the fear they inspire, terrible shapes and the fear they inspire, [ᴹ√] demon” ✧ WJ/389

Element in

• Q. Valarauko “Demon of Might” ✧ PE17/048; PE17/048; SA/rauko; WJ/415

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√RUK > rauka	[rauka]	✧ PE17/048
√RUK > rauko	[rauko]	✧ VT39/10
✶grauk- > rauko	[grauko] > [ɣrauko] > [rauko]	✧ WJ/415
✶grauk- > arauko	[grauko] > [ɣrauko] > [arauko]	✧ WJ/415

Variations

• rauka ✧ PE17/048; PE17/048
• rauko ✧ PE17/048 (rauko); SA/rauko; VT39/10; WJ/415
• arauko ✧ WJ/415

arauco

noun. demon

rauca

demon

rauca ("k")noun "demon" (PE17:48). Variant of rauco, q.v.

rauca

noun. demon

Element in

• ᴺQ. raucëa “demonic”

raug

demon

n. demon. Q. rauca. >> Balrog

raug

noun. demon, powerful hostile and terrible creature

Cognates

• Q. rauco “demon, powerful hostile and terrible creature” ✧ PE17/048; PE17/048; SA/rauko; WJ/415

Derivations

• √RUK “terrible shapes and the fear they inspire, terrible shapes and the fear they inspire, [ᴹ√] demon” ✧ PE17/048
• ✶grauk- “a powerful hostile and terrible creature” ✧ WJ/415
  • √RUK “terrible shapes and the fear they inspire, terrible shapes and the fear they inspire, [ᴹ√] demon” ✧ WJ/389

Element in

• S. Balrog “Demon of Might” ✧ PE17/048; PE17/048; SA/rauko; WJ/415

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√RUK > raug	[rauko] > [rauk] > [raug]	✧ PE17/048
✶grauk- > raug	[grauko] > [grauk] > [graug]	✧ WJ/415

Variations

• graug ✧ WJ/415

graug

noun. demon, powerful hostile and terrible creature

balrog

demon

n. (mighty) demon. A word made in ancient S. for the spirits (of 'māyan' origin) corrupted to his service by Melkor in the days outside Arda, before the coming of the Elves and the assault uopon Utumno. Q. pl1. Valaraucar. In a draft, Tolkien presented the Balrogs as of "Valar or Maian origin" (PE17:48). >> raug

raug

demon

raug (-rog in compounds, as in Balrog), pl. roeg (idh roeg), coll. pl. #rogath (isolated from Balrogath, MR:79). Also used = ”powerful, hostile, and terrible creature”.

raug

demon

(-rog in compounds, as in Balrog), pl. roeg (idh roeg), coll. pl. #rogath (isolated from Balrogath, MR:79). Also used = ”powerful, hostile, and terrible creature”.

balrog

fire-demon

(i valrog), pl. balroeg (i malroeg). Coll. pl. balrogath is attested. Archaic form ✱balraug. (MR:79, WJ:415). The etymological meaning is rather ”power-demon”.

raukō

noun. demon

Derivations

• √RUK “terrible shapes and the fear they inspire, terrible shapes and the fear they inspire, [ᴹ√] demon” ✧ WJ/389

Variations

• rauku/raukō ✧ WJ/390

rhaug

noun. demon

Cognates

• ᴹQ. rauko “demon” ✧ Ety/RUK

Derivations

• ᴹ√RUK “demon” ✧ Ety/GOS; Ety/RUK

Element in

• N. Balrog “*Torment Demon” ✧ Ety/RUK
• N. Gothrog “Dread Demon” ✧ Ety/GOS

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√RUK > rhaug	[rauko] > [rǭko] > [rouko] > [rauko] > [rauk] > [r̥auk] > [r̥aug]	✧ Ety/RUK