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Latest revision as of 20:40, 19 October 2012
gond or gonn is a Sindarin word meaning "rock" or "stone".[1][2]
[edit] Etymology
In one manuscript, the word is said to derive from Common Eldarin gon, gondo ("stone, rock").[3] In another manuscript, gond derives from Primitive Quendian gondō ("stone, general as a substance or material").[2]
In the Etymologies, the Noldorin gonn ("a great stone, or rock") derives from the root GONOD/GONDO ("stone").[4]
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[edit] Real-world inspiration
J.R.R. Tolkien was inspired by the early Celtic word ond, also meaning "rock".[5][6]
[edit] References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry gond
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 28-9
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Problem of Ros", p. 374 (note 16)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 359 (entry GOND-)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, John D. Rateliff (ed.), The History of The Hobbit, Return to Bag End, pp. 849, 853
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 324, (dated 4-5 June 1971)