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Ithil

From Tolkien Gateway

ithil is Sindarin for Isil, the Moon. It appears in placenames, especially Minas Ithil "the Moontower", and Ithilien, the land in which it stood.

[edit] Etymology

Root SIL/THIL, "to shine white", intensified by a prefix.^[1]

[edit] Cognates

• Quenya Isil
• Doriathrin Istil

References

1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "The Etymologies", especially entries I-, SIL and THIL