BAR
From Tolkien Gateway
BAR is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "uplift, save, rescue(?)". Its original significance was probably "raise".[1]
Derivatives
- Quenya: varna ("safe, protected, secure"); varnasse ("security"); varya- ("to protect")[1]
- Exilic Noldorin: berio ("to protect")[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 351 (stem appearing as "BAR-")
