Ilk. Denithor m. “Saviour of the Dani”
Doriathrin name for the leader of the Danians (LR/188), called in their own language Dan. Denethor (Ety/DAN). This name developed from the primitive form ᴹ✶Ndanithārō.
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name first appeared in forms resembling the Doriathrin name: Denilos or Denithor (SM/271). Later in these drafts, it was change to its Danian form Denethor (LR/119, 145). It kept that form thereafter.
See Nan. Denethor for further discussion.
References ✧ LR/119, 145, 188; LRI/Denilos, Denithor; SMI/Denethor, Denilos, Denithor; WJI/Denethor
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| ᴹ✶ndani-thārō > Deniþor | [ndanitʰārō] > [ndanitʰāro] > [ndanitʰōro] > [ndaniθōro] > [ndeniθōro] > [ndeniθōr] > [ndeniθor] > [deniθor] | ✧ LR/188 |