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N. †tôr n. “brother” (Category: Brother)

N. †tôr, n. “brother” (Category: Brother)

An (archaic) word for “brother” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√TOR of the same meaning, with an irregular plural terein (Ety/TOR). In ordinary speech, it was replaced by muindor, with an initial element muin “dear”.

Neo-Sindarin: In notes from the late 1960s, Tolkien introduced a new word hanar for “brother” (VT47/14). However, I think †tôr and related words might be retained to mean a “metaphorical brother”, a close male associate who may or may not be related by blood, as with such words as gwador “(sworn) brother, associate”. In this paradigm, I would assume muindor still refers to a brother by blood, with an added connotation of strong affection.

References ✧ Ety/TOR

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terein plural ✧ Ety/TOR

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ON. toron > †tôr [toron] > [toro] > [tor] > [tōr] ✧ Ety/TOR

N. muindor n. “brother” (Category: Brother)

See N. †tôr for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/TOR

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muindyr plural ✧ Ety/TOR: analogical plural

Elements

muin¹ “dear” ✧ Ety/TOR
tôr “brother” soft-mutation ✧ Ety/TOR (†tôr)

G. hethos n. “brother” (Category: Brother)

A word for “brother” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a masculinized form of G. heth¹ “brother or sister, *sibling”, along with several (archaic?) variant forms {hethweg >>} hethwig, hestron, and hethron (GL/48-49). It was ultimately derived from the early root ᴱ√HESE¹ [HEÞE?] (QL/40).

References ✧ GL/49

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heth¹ “brother or sister” ✧ GL/48 (†heth¹)
#-os² “masculine suffix” ✧ GL/49 (#-os)

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