Noldorin 

taur-na-danion

place name. Forest of Pines

Earliest name of Dorthonion in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, first appearing as Taur Danin (SM/197) and later expanded to Taur-na-Danion (LR/127) with variants -Thanion, -Donion, -Thonion before ultimately being replaced by the Ilkorin name Dorthonion (LR/145). It is a combination of taur “forest”, na “of” and early variants of thaun “pine”, possibly as an earlier Gnomish-style genitive plural.

Changes

  • Taur-na-Danion → Taur-na-Thanion ✧ LR/145
  • Taur-na-Thanion → Dorthanion ✧ LR/145
  • Taur-na-Danion → Dorthonion ✧ SMI/Dorthonion
  • Taur Danin → Taur-na-Danion ✧ SMI/Taur-na-Danion

Elements

WordGloss
taur“forest, great wood”
na“with, by; of”
thaun“pine-tree”

Variations

  • Taur-na-Thanion ✧ LR/145; LRI/Taur-na-Danion
  • Taur-na-Thonion ✧ LRI/Taur-na-Danion
  • Taur-na-Donion ✧ LRI/Taur-na-Danion
  • Taur Danin ✧ SM/197; SMI/Taur-na-Danion
Noldorin [LR/127; LR/145; LRI/Taur-na-Danion; SM/197; SM/296; SM/330; SMI/Dorthonion; SMI/Taur-na-Danion] Group: Eldamo. Published by