tôr

noun. king

A noun for “king” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tār(ō), also appearing in its plural form tórin (Ety/TĀ, BAL). Tolkien said that it was “only used of the legitimate kings of whole tribes”, though apparently it also survived in compounds like Torthurnion “King of Eagles” (Ety/THOR) and Balthor “Vala-king” (Ety/BAL). It is an example of how [[ilk|[ā] became [ō]]] in Ilkorin, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/tôr).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tár “king” ✧ Ety/TĀ

Derivations

• ᴹ✶tār(ō) “king” ✧ Ety/TĀ
  • ᴹ√TĀ/TAƷ “high, lofty; noble” ✧ Ety/TĀ; PE21/55
• ᴹ√TĀ/TAƷ “high, lofty; noble” ✧ Ety/THIN

Element in

• Ilk. Balthor “Vala-king” ✧ Ety/BAL
• Ilk. Thorntor “King of Eagles”
• Ilk. tóril “queen” ✧ Ety/TĀ
• Ilk. Tor Thingol “King Thingol” ✧ Ety/TĀ; Ety/THIN
• Ilk. Torthurnion “King of Eagles” ✧ Ety/THOR
• Ilk. Tor Tinduma “King of Twilight” ✧ Ety/THIN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶tārō > tôr	[tārō] > [tāro] > [tōro] > [tōr]	✧ Ety/TĀ

Variations

• Tor ✧ Ety/THIN (Dor. Tor); Ety/THOR
• tórin ✧ EtyAC/BAL