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Revision as of 11:54, 9 November 2012
ethir is the form of two unrelated Sindarin words (homophones) with different meanings:
Ethir.1
"mouth of a river, estuary"
Etymology
It is derived from Primitive Quendian etsiri[1]
It can be analyzed as ed + sîr (s reduced to h because of lenition).
Pronunciation
There is some controversy on the pronunciation of the word regarding the digraph th[2].
One view says that it can be viewed as a compound: ed/et + sîr would trigger a lenition ed/et + hîr. If preposition and stem are understood as different entities, t/h should be pronounced separately ([ˈethir]) (like English "at-home").
Another view would be that PQ etsiri evolved as Old Sindarin *etthire[3] before simplified as ethir. In that case the PQ cluster ts was directly derived as th in Sindarin. The word would be pronounced as [ˈeθir].
Ethir.2
"spy"
Etymology
Derived from ed + tirn. Examples include Amon Ethir.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry ET
- ↑ Jim Allan (ed.) An Introduction to Elvish, "Proto-Eldarin vowels" by Christopher Gilson
- ↑ Didier Willis' Sindarin Dictionary version of 2001; containing etymological reconstructions by David Salo