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Gond

From Tolkien Gateway

gond or gonn is a noun meaning "rock" or "stone" in Sindarin, and tends to refer to larger items.

[edit] Etymology

From OS *gondo, PQ gondo ^[1][2]

[edit] Examples

• Argonath,"King-stones"
• Beregond
• Gondolin, "The Hidden Rock"
• Gondor, "Land of Stone"
• Gonnhirrim, "Masters of Stone"
• seregon, "Blood of Stone"

[edit] See Also

• sarn, Sindarin for "(small) stone"

[edit] Cognates

• ondo, "rock" or "stone" in Quenya

References

1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter (ed.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 410
2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, p. 374

• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion
• Didier Willis (ed.), Hiswelókë's Sindarin dictionary, Edition 1.9.1 (Lexicon 0.9952)