S. Gondor loc. “Stone-land”
Southern kingdom of the Dúnedain (LotR/242), a combination of gond “stone” and dôr “land” (SA/gond, dôr).
Conceptual Development: This land was first mentioned as ᴹQ. Ondor in the 1930s in drafts of the tale of the Fall of Númenor (LR/33). While this name could be Noldorin, linguistic notes from the 1940s indicate it was Quenya (PE22/125). In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, it first appeared as ᴹQ. Ond (R/381), revised to Ondor (TI/146) and finally Gondor (TI/423).
References ✧ AotM/62; Let/409; LotRI; LRI; MRI; PE17/28; PMI/Gondor, Ondor; RC/347; RSI; SA/dôr, gond; SD/129; SDI1/Gondor; SDI2/Gondor, Ondor; SI; TI/310, 423; TII; UTI; WJI; WRI
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| gond | “stone, rock” | ✧ PE17/28; PE17/28 (gŏn-); RC/347 (gon-); SA/gond | |
| dôr | “land” | ✧ SA/dôr | |
| ✶gon- | “a stone” | ✧ Let/410 (gon(o)) | |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶Gondo-ndor- > Gondor | [gondondor] > [gondndor] > [gondor] | ✧ PE17/28 |
ᴹQ. Ondor loc.
References ✧ LR/33; LRI; PE22/125-126; PMI/Gondor; SDI2/Ondor; TI/146, 423; TII; WRI
Variations
Changes
Inflections
| Ondoresse | locative | “in Gondor” | ✧ PE22/125; PE22/126 |
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