S. †Rochand loc. “Rohan, Horse-country”
Archaic form of the name Rohan (LotR/1115), a combination of roch “horse” and the archaic suffix †-ian(d) “land” (Let/382).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, the form (ON.?) Rochan(dor) implies a different history for this name (RS/435).
References ✧ Let/178, 382; LotR/1115; PM/53; RC/241; SA/roch; UT/318; UTI/Rochan(d), Rohan; WJI/Rohan
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| roch | “horse” | ✧ Let/178; Let/382; RC/241; SA/roch; UT/318 |
| -ian(d) | “-land, country” | ✧ Let/382 (-and); UT/318 (-and) |
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