Roth

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roth pl. rodhin is a Sindarin word of the Doriathrin dialect. It means cave.

Etymology

From OS rôda > rôdh, root ROD.[1]

See also

Other versions

The word is given to explain the name Menegroth. In a later source Tolkien gives the Sindarin word groth instead.[2]

Roth

roth in Adûnaic means "foam"

Etymology

From ancient *rauth, possible Root *RUTH

Cognates

See also

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Etymologies, p. 384
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels p.414
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