Sindarin
taur is a Sindarin word meaning "forest".[1][2]
Etymology
Sindarin taur is a descendant form of Common Eldarin tau-rē, derived from root TAW.[1]
Cognates
Noldorin
Etymology 1
taur is a Noldorin word meaning "great wood, forest",[note 1] a descendant form of Common Eldarin taurē, derived from root TÁWAR.[3]
Etymology 2
taur is a poetic/archaic (†) Noldorin word meaning "king", derived from Common Eldarin tāro ("king: only used of the legitimate kings of the whole tribes"), from root TĀ, TAƷ.[4]
Etymology 3
taur is a Noldorin adjective meaning "vast, mighty, overwhelming, awful - also high, sublime" (poetic only or in ancient titles and names), from roots TĀ, TAƷ/TUR.[3][5]
Ilkorin
The Ilkorin word taur means "great wood, forest" or "wood (place and material), a descendant form of Primitive Quendian taurē, derived from root TÁWAR.[3]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Note that it was used only of "huge forests", affected by the meaning of its homophones.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. 82, 115
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 391
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 389
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 395