tathor

noun. willow-tree

tathren

adjective. of willow, having willows

tathar

noun. willow (tree)

The Sindarin word for “willow”, derived from the same root √TATHAR as its Quenya cognate tasarë (SA/tathar; PE17/81). Its adjectival form tathren “of willow(s)” is an element in the name Nan-tathren “Land of Willows” (S/120).

Conceptual Development: The earliest form of this word was G. tathrin “willow” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/69), cognate to ᴱQ. tasarin derived from the early root ᴱ√TASA (QL/53). This was an element in the early names G. Nan Tathrin and G. Dor-tathrin “Land of Willows”, but as a noun rather than an adjective. ᴱN. tathrin “willow” reappeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/153), but in The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien split it into two words: noun N. tathor “willow” and adjective N. tathren “of willow” under the root ᴹ√TATHAR (Ety/TATHAR).

In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (WPP) from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien revisited the noun, first having [deleted] S. taur or taor derived from √TASĀR, which he revised to S. tathar derived from √TAÞAR, as noted above (PE17/81). The adjectival form S. tathren continued to appear in Silmarillion drafts of the 1950s and 60s as well (WJ/80).

tathar

noun. willow

n.Bot. #willow. >> taor, taur

tathar

noun. willow-tree

tathren

adjective. of willow, having willows

tathar

willow

tathar, also tathor (i dathar/-or; o thathar/-or), pl. tethair (i thethair) or (if tathor has an analogical plural) tethyr (i thethyr). Adj.

tathar

willow

also tathor (i dathar/-or; o thathar/-or), pl. tethair (i thethair) or (if tathor has an analogical plural) tethyr (i thethyr). Adj.

tathren

of willow, having willows

(lenited dathren, pl. tethrin)

tasar(ë)

noun. willow

The Quenya word for “willow” appearing as both tasar (PE17/81) and tasare (SA/tathar), derived from the root √TATHAR. This form of the word dates back to The Etymologies of the 1930s where ᴹQ. tasar, tasare “willow” appeared under the root ᴹ√TATHAR (Ety/TATHAR).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had a slightly different word ᴱQ. tasarin (tasarind-) “willow” under the early root ᴱ√TASA, though Tolkien marked it with a “?” (QL/89). This became tassarin “willow” with a double-s in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/139) before Tolkien adopted the form tasar(e) [þ] in the 1930s, as noted above.

tasarin

willow

tasarin noun "willow" (LT2:346; in Tolkien's later Quenya tasar, tasarë)