orodrim
From Tolkien Gateway
orodrim is the Noldorin word for "mountain range".[1]
As the word was used in the compound name Thangorodrim (which survived in The Lord of the Rings), one can assume that the form is also a valid Sindarin word.Template:Or The word orodrim is also listed by David Salo in his Neo-Sindarin glossary.[2]
Etymology
orodrim consists of orod meaning "mountain", and the suffix -rim which is a collective plural meaning "a great number, a host".Template:Or
In the Etymologies, Noldorin orodrim derives from root ÓROT ("height, mountain").[1]
See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 379
- ↑ David Salo (2004), A Gateway to Sindarin, p. 327
