Dan. urc n. “goblin”

Dan. urc n. “goblin”

A noun for “goblin” developed from primitive ᴹ✶orku, also attested in its plural form yrc (Ety/ÓROK). The change of [o] to [u] is hard to explain, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Nandorin/urc). In an earlier version of the entry Tolkien wrote Dan. orc (EtyAC/ÓROK), which is the expected form. The simplest explanation is that this form actually developed from a variant primitive form *✶urku. There is a similar issue with Ilk. urch, so perhaps this variant was used by those Eldar who did not complete the journey to Valinor.

References ✧ Ety/ÓROK; EtyAC/ÓROK

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Inflections

yrc plural ✧ Ety/ÓROK

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Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶órku > urc [orku] ? [urku] > [urk] ✧ Ety/ÓROK