S. lebethron n. “Gondorian hardwood, (lit.) *finger tree” (Category: Tree (other))

S. lebethron, n. “Gondorian hardwood, (lit.) *finger tree” (Category: Tree (other))

References ✧ LotR/694; LotRI/Lebethron; PE17/89, 103; SDI1/lebethron; WR/180; WRI

Glosses

• “Gondorian hardwood” ✧ PE17/89
• “name of a hard-wood tree growing in Gondor (Ithilien)” ✧ PE17/89

Variations

• lebethron ✧ LotR/694; LotRI/Lebethron; PE17/89; PE17/89; PE17/103; SDI1/lebethron; WR/180 (N. lebethron); WRI/lebethron
• †lebethorn ✧ PE17/89

Related

• Q. lepse “finger” ✧ PE17/89
• ✶oron “tree” ✧ PE17/89
• †lebethorn altered to lebethron by association with √RUN “rub, grind, smooth, polish” ✧ PE17/89

Elements

leber	“finger”
orn	“(tall) tree”

Cognates

• Q. lepetta “Gondorian hardwood” ✧ PE17/89

Derivations

• < ✶lepethron ✧ PE17/89 (lepeth-ron)

Phonetic Developments

✶lepeth-ron > lebethron

[lepettaoroni] ? [lepettaroni] > [lepettarone] > [lepettʰarone] > [lepeθθarone] > [lepeθθaron] > [lebeθθaron] > [lebeθθron] > [lebeθron]

✧ PE17/89

N. lebethras n. “Gondorian tree” (Category: Tree (other))

References ✧ WR/176; WRI/lebethron

Variations

• lebethras ✧ WR/176; WRI/lebethron
• melinon ✧ WR/176; WRI/lebethron
• lebendron ✧ WR/176; WRI/lebethron

Changes

• melinon >> lebendron ✧ WR/176
• lebendron >> lebethras ✧ WR/176
• lebethras >> lebethron ✧ WR/176