rhonn

noun. roof, cave

Cognates

• ᴹQ. rondo “roof; cave, cavern” ✧ Ety/ROD

Derivations

• ᴹ√ROD “roof, cave” ✧ Ety/OS; Ety/ROD

Element in

• N. Aglarond “Caves of Splendour”
• N. Elrond “Starry-dome, Sky”
• N. othrond “underground city, fortress” ✧ Ety/OS; Ety/ROD

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ROD > rhond > rhonn	[rondo] > [rond] > [r̥ond] > [r̥onn]	✧ Ety/ROD

Variations

• rond ✧ Ety/OS

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

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

fela

noun. cave

fela

noun. cave

Cognates

• ᴹQ. felya “cave” ✧ Ety/PHÉLEG

Derivations

• On. phelga “cave” ✧ Ety/PHÉLEG
  • ᴹ√PHELEG “cave” ✧ Ety/PHÉLEG

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

gathrod

noun. cave

gathrod

noun. cave

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.

Elements

Word	Gloss
gath	“cavern”
ROT	“bore, tunnel”

orthel-

verb. to roof, screen above

rond

noun. cave