Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : KOR

√KOR root. “round”

√KOR root. “round; [ᴱ√] be round, roll”: ᴹ√KOL “round, (?rim)”; ᴱ√KOMO “*ball, roll”; ?ᴱ√RILI “*circle, ring”

This was the Elvish root for round things throughout Tolkien’s life. It first appeared as ᴱ√KORO “be round, roll” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, and had Early Qenya and Gnomish derivatives like ᴱQ. korima “round” and G. corm “ring, circle, disc” (GL/26). ᴹ√KOR “round” reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives in both Quenya and Noldorin (Ety/KOR). √KOR “round” was also mentioned in etymological notes probably written in the early 1960s (PE17/184). Its derivatives like Q. corma “ring” (LotR/953) and S. cerin “(circular) mound” (LotR/350; RC/309) appeared regularly in Tolkien’s later writings.

References ✧ PE17/158, 184

Glosses

“round” ✧ PE17/158; PE17/184

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. cornë “loaf”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. mastacornë “[bread] loaf”
> ᴺQ. !coro “around”
> ᴺQ. !coropë “skull”
> ᴺQ. !corpë “skull”
> ᴺQ. ^corta- “to roll up, roll, pack”
⇒ ᴺQ. !cortangwa “button, (lit.) circle-fastener”
⇒ ᴺS. !corf “ring (for fingers)”
> ᴺS. corob “skull”
⇒ √SKOR “rough, marred, unequal or unsymmetrical in shape” ✧ PE17/184
- > ᴺQ. !horna¹ “uneven, rough”
⇒ Q. coranar “(solar) year, (lit.) sun-round”
⇒ Q. #corma “ring”
- ⇒ Q. Cormacolindor “Ring-bearers” ✧ LotR/953
- ⇒ Q. Cormarë “Ringday” ✧ LotR/1112
- ⇒ Q. i Túrin i Cormaron “the Lord of the Rings” ✧ Minor-Doc/1973-05-30
> Q. coron “mound”
- ⇒ Q. Corollairë “Green Mound, *(lit.) Mound of Summer” ✧ SA/coron
- ⇒ Q. Coron Oiolairë “Mound Ever-summer” ✧ SA/coron
> Q. #corto “circle”
- ⇒ Q. Tarmacorto “High Mountain Circle”
  - ⇒ Q. i Tumbo Tarmacorto “the Vale of the High Mountain Circle” ✧ NM/351
> S. cerin “circular mound, artificial hill”
- ⇒ S. Cerin Amroth “Amroth’s Mound” ✧ RC/309; SA/coron
> S. cor “ring, circle”
- ⇒ ᴺS. !coranor “solar year, (lit.) sun-round”
- ⇒ S. Cormallen “Golden Circle” ✧ RC/625
- ⇒ S. echor “outer circle; encircling”
  - ⇒ 4 compounds
> S. *corod “circle”
- ⇒ S. Orchorod “High Mountain Circle” ✧ NM/351
  - ⇒ S. Tum Orchorod “Vale of the High Mountain Circle” ✧ NM/351

ᴹ√KOR root. “round”

See √KOR for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/KOR, RIN

Glosses

“round” ✧ Ety/KOR

KOL ✧ EtyAC/KOR

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶kornā “round, globed” ✧ Ety/KOR
- > ᴹQ. korna “round, globed” ✧ Ety/KOR
- > N. corn “round, globed” ✧ Ety/KOR
  - ⇒ 4 compounds
> ᴹ✶kǭro “Kôr” ✧ EtyAC/KOR; EtyAC/KOR
- > ᴹQ. Kôr ✧ EtyAC/KOR
  - ⇒ 7 compounds
- > N. Caur “Kôr” ✧ Ety/KOR; EtyAC/KOR
  - ⇒ [see above]
> ᴹQ. Kôr ✧ Ety/KOR
- ⇒ 7 compounds
> ᴹQ. korin “circular enclosure” ✧ Ety/KOR
⇒ ᴹQ. koromindo “cupola, dome” ✧ Ety/KOR
> ᴹQ. koron “globe, ball” ✧ Ety/KOR
- ⇒ ᴹQ. koromindo “cupola, dome”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !percoron “hemisphere”
> N. Caur “Kôr” ✧ Ety/KOR
- ⇒ N. Alchorin “Not-of-Kôr”
> N. cerin “round enclosure” ✧ Ety/KOR
- ⇒ N. Cerin Amroth
- ⇒ N. Kerin-muil
> N. coron “globe, ball” ✧ Ety/KOR
⇒ N. rhingorn “circle” ✧ Ety/RIN

ᴱ√KORO root. “be round, roll”

See √KOR for discussion.

References ✧ LT1A/korin; QL/48

Glosses

“be round, roll” ✧ LT1A/korin; QL/48

Derivatives

> ᴱN. gwâr “town”
- ⇒ ᴱN. Ingwar “City of In” ✧ PE13/148
> ᴱ✶Gu̯oră· ✧ LT1A/korin
- > ᴱQ. Kôr ✧ GL/41; GL/47; LT2/291
  - ⇒ 4 compounds
- > G. gorin “circle of trees” ✧ GL/47; LT1A/korin
- > G. Gwâr ✧ GL/41; GL/47; LT1A/korin; LT1A/korin; LT2/291
  - ⇒ G. Mindon Gwar ✧ LT2/291; LT2I/Gwar
> ᴱ✶korolda
- > G. crôl “round” ✧ GL/27
⇒ ᴱQ. korima “round” ✧ LT1A/korin; QL/48
> ᴱQ. korin “circular enclosure, great circular hedge” ✧ LT1A/korin; QL/48
> ᴱQ. korma “cake, lump” ✧ QL/48
> ᴱQ. korne “loaf” ✧ LT1A/korin; QL/48
- ⇒ ᴱQ. mastakorne “[bread] loaf” ✧ QL/59
⇒ ᴱQ. Korosintl “Ball of Crystal” ✧ QL/48
> G. Corangos
> G. corm “ring, circle, disc”
> G. corn “loaf”
- ⇒ G. basgorn “loaf (of bread)” ✧ GL/26
> G. corob “skull”
> G. corol “round, circular; rolling”
⇒ G. cortheb “bounds, boundary”
> G. Corthirion
> G. cross “ball”
- ⇒ G. Crosailin(t) “Crystal Globe” ✧ GL/27
- ⇒ G. Crosincli “Crystal Globe” ✧ GL/27
> G. crost “lump, ball, cake”