N. Gothrog pn. “Dread Demon”

N. Gothrog, pn. “Dread Demon”

A name glossed “Dread Demon” appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of gost “dread” and the suffixal form -rog of rhaug “demon” (Ety/GOS, EtyAC/MBAW).

References ✧ Ety/GOS; EtyAC/MBAW

Glosses

Elements

gost “dread, terror” ✧ Ety/GOS
rhaug “demon” soft-mutation ✧ Ety/GOS (rog)

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶Gothorauk- > Gothrog [gotʰorauko] > [gotʰorǭko] > [goθorǭko] > [goθorouko] > [goθorauko] > [goθorauk] > [goθoraug] > [goθraug] > [goθrog] ✧ EtyAC/MBAW