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Q. norno n. “oak” (Category: Oak)

Q. norno, n. “oak” (Category: Oak)

A word appearing as norno “oak” in both The Etymologies of the 1930s and the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the early 1950s derived from primitive ✶dor[o]no and the root ᴹ√DORON (PE19/80; Ety/DÓRON). The appearance of an initial n- is unusual, since generally initial [d] became [l] in Ancient Quenya. But sometimes ancient initial [d] assimilated to following nasal instead, as was the case with this word.

Conceptual Development: Variants of this word date all the way back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, which had ᴱQ. nor (norn-) “oak” and ᴱQ. norne “oak-tree” under the early root ᴱ√NOŘO [NDOÐO?] (QL/67). The form ᴱQ. norne “oak” was mentioned in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/140), but it became ᴹQ. norno in The Etymologies of the 1930s, as noted above.

Neo-Quenya: Tolkien introduced words Q. nordo and S. norð “oak” in notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/25), possibly to avoid conflict with Norno “Dwarf” (WJ/388). I prefer the form norno “oak” as better-established and more etymologically interesting.

Reference ✧ PE19/80

Element In

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Phonetic Developments

dorno > norno [dorno] > [norno] ✧ PE19/80

ᴹQ. norno n. “oak” (Category: Oak)

See Q. norno for discussion.

Reference ✧ Ety/DÓRON ✧ “oak”

Element In

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ᴹ√DÓRON > norno [dorono] > [dorno] > [norno] ✧ Ety/DÓRON

ᴱQ. norne n. “oak (tree), oak in general” (Category: Oak)

See Q. norno for discussion.

References ✧ GL/30; PE16/140; PME/67; QL/67

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‽ᴱ√NOŘO > norne [ndoðnē] > [ndoðne] > [ndozne] > [ndorne] > [norne] ✧ QL/67

ᴱQ. nor (norn-) n. “oak” (Category: Oak)

See Q. norno for discussion.

References ✧ PME/67; QL/67

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

norn- stem   ✧ QL/67
nořn- stem “oak” ✧ PME/67

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

‽ᴱ√NOŘO > nor [ndoðn] > [ndozn] > [ndorn] > [ndor] > [nor] ✧ QL/67

Q. nordo n. “oak” (Category: Oak)

A word for “oak” in notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/25), possibly introduced to avoid conflict with Norno “Dwarf” (WJ/388). Its Sindarin cognate was S. norð, indicating derivation from primitive *nordō. See the entry Q. norno for earlier forms of the word.

Reference ✧ PE17/25 ✧ “oak”

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