nauro

werewolf

nauro ("ñ")noun "werewolf" _(ÑGAW, PE17:39; according to the latter source, the word was adapted from Sindarin gaur)_.

nauro

noun. werewolf, wolf (not wild wolves)

A noun for “werewolf” appearing a number of times in Tolkien’s notes as a derivative of the root √ÑG(W)AW (PE17/39; PE19/106; Ety/ÑGAW). In the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s Tolkien said it was “usually not used of ‘wild wolves’, and in TQ [Tarquesta] specially applied to the ‘werewolves’ of Morgoth” (PE19/106). In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien instead said it was a loan-word from S. gaur (PE17/39). Tolkien vacillated on the meaning of its root, in some places giving it the gloss “howl” (PE19/106; Ety/ÑGAW) but in one place “falsify, deform, disguise” (PE17/39).

Cognates

• S. gaur “werewolf” ✧ PE17/039; PE19/106

Derivations

• √ÑGAW “howl; falsify, deform, disguise” ✧ PE17/039
• ✶ñgwaurō “wolf (not wild wolves)” ✧ PE19/106
  • √ÑGAW “howl; falsify, deform, disguise” ✧ PE19/106

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ÑGAW > ñauro	[ŋgauro] > [ŋauro] > [nauro]	✧ PE17/039
✶ñgwaurō > ñauro	[ŋgwaurō] > [ŋwaurō] > [ŋaurō] > [ŋauro] > [nauro]	✧ PE19/106

Variations

• ñauro ✧ PE17/039; PE19/106

liyúmë

host

liyúmë noun "host" (VT48:32)

liyúmë

noun. host

Variations

• liyúme ✧ VT48/32

gaur

noun. werewolf

werewolf

gaur

noun. werewolf

A noun for a “werewolf” (PE17/39; PE19/107; SA/gaur; Ety/ÑGAW), as opposed to a more ordinary wolf which would be [N.] garaf or draug. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. gaur was derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” (Ety/ÑGAW), and a similar derivation appeared in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s (PE19/106-107), but in notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien said the meaning of its root was “falsify, deform, disguise” (PE17/39).

Cognates

• Q. nauro “werewolf, wolf (not wild wolves)” ✧ PE17/039; PE19/106

Derivations

• √ÑGAW “howl; falsify, deform, disguise” ✧ PE17/039; SA/gaur
• ✶ñgwaurō “wolf (not wild wolves)” ✧ PE19/106
  • √ÑGAW “howl; falsify, deform, disguise” ✧ PE19/106

Element in

• S. Gaurwaith “Wolf-men”
• S. naur dan i ngaurhoth “*fire against the wolf-horde” ✧ LotR/0299; PE17/039
• S. Tol-in-Gaurhoth “Isle of Werewolves” ✧ SA/gaur; UT/054

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ÑGAW > gaur	[ŋgawrō] > [ŋgaurō] > [ŋgauro] > [gauro] > [gaur]	✧ PE17/039

gaurhoth

noun. group of werewolves

hoth

noun. host, crowd, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)

gaur

werewolf

gaur (i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth, "the [were]wolf-host": gaur + hoth "host")

gaur

werewolf

(i ngaur = i ñaur), pl. goer (in goer = i ñgoer), coll. pl. gaurhoth (attested in lenited form: i ngaurhoth, "the [were]wolf-host": gaur + hoth "host")

gaurhoth

werewolf

).

rim

host

(great number, crowd), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

gwaith

host

(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, regiment, people, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith). –

hoth

host

(noun) 1) hoth (i choth, o choth) (crowd, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth). 2) rim (great number, crowd), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”. 3) gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, regiment, people, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith). WOLF-HOST, see under WEREWOLF (concerning gaurhoth**).

hoth

host

(i choth, o choth) (crowd, horde), pl. hyth (i chyth).

draugluin

masculine name. Werewolf

Elements

Word	Gloss
draug	“wolf”
lûn	“pale”

gaur

noun. werewolf

gaur

noun. werewolf

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nauro “werewolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW

Derivations

• ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl” ✧ Ety/ÑGAW

Element in

• N. naur ad i gaurhoth “*fire against the wolf-horde” ✧ TI/187
• N. Tol-na-Gaurhoth “Isle of Werewolves” ✧ LR/284

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ÑGAW > gaur	[ŋgawro] > [ŋgauro] > [ŋgǭro] > [gǭro] > [gouro] > [gauro] > [gaur]	✧ Ety/ÑGAW

hoth

noun. host, crowd, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)