S. tathar n. “willow (tree)” (Category: Tree (other))
The Sindarin word for “willow”, derived from the same root √TATHAR as its Quenya cognate tasarë (SA/tathar; PE17/81). Its adjectival form tathren “of willow(s)” is an element in the name Nan-tathren “Land of Willows” (S/120).
Conceptual Development: The earliest form of this word was G. tathrin “willow” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/69), cognate to ᴱQ. tasarin derived from the early root ᴱ√TASA (QL/53). This was an element in the early names G. Nan Tathrin and G. Dor-tathrin “Land of Willows”, but as a noun rather than an adjective. ᴱN. tathrin “willow” reappeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/153), but in The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien split it into two words: noun N. tathor “willow” and adjective N. tathren “of willow” under the root ᴹ√TATHAR (Ety/TATHAR).
In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien revisited the noun, first having [deleted] S. taur or taor derived from √TASĀR, which he revised to S. tathar derived from √TAÞAR, as noted above (PE17/81). The adjectival form S. tathren continued to appear in Silmarillion drafts of the 1950s and 60s as well (WJ/80).
References ✧ PE17/81; SA/tathar
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| √TASĀR > tachaur > †taur/taor | [tasāre] > [tasǭre] > [tahǭre] > [tahaure] > [tahaur] > [taur] | ✧ PE17/81 |
| ✶taþā̆rĭ- > tathar | [tatʰari] > [tatʰare] > [taθare] > [taθar] | ✧ PE17/81 |
N. tathor n. “willow-tree” (Category: Tree (other))
Reference ✧ Ety/TATHAR ✧ “willow-tree”
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| ᴹ✶tatharē > tathrē > tathor | [tatʰarē] ? [tatʰrē] > [tatʰre] > [taθre] > [taθr] > [taθor] | ✧ Ety/TATHAR |
ᴱN. tathrin n. “willow” (Category: Tree (other))
Reference ✧ PE13/153 ✧ “willow”
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G. tathrin n. “willow” (Category: Tree (other))
References ✧ GL/69; LT2/140; LT2A/Nantathrin; PE13/102, 104
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