S. Gondolindrim coll. “People of Gondolin”
A term of the people Gondolin (S/138), a combination that city’s name with the class-plural suffix -rim.
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this term appeared as G. Gondothlim (LT2/155). It appeared as N. Gondothrim in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/GOND), reflecting the change of G. -lim to N. -rim.
References ✧ LT2I; SI; SMI; UTI
Glosses
Elements
| Gondolin | “Hidden Rock, (originally) Singing Stone” | ✧ SI/Gondolin; UTI/Gondolin |
| -rim | “collective or group plural” |
N. Gondothrim coll. “People of Gondolin”
Name for the people of Gondolin, a combination the alternate name for that city, Gondost, with the class-plural suffix -rim “city” (Ety/GOND), where the medial [str] became [θr] (“thr”) as it did in words like othrond.
See S. Gondolindrim for further discussion.
References ✧ Ety/GOND; SMI/Gondothlim
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| Gondost | “Gondolin” | ✧ Ety/GOND |
| -rim | “group plural” | ✧ Ety/GOND |
Element In
G. Gondothlim coll. “Folk of Stone, Dwellers in Stone”
References ✧ LBI; LT2/155; LT2A/Glamhoth, Gondothlim; LT2I; PE13/102; PE15/26; PMI
Glosses
Elements
| gonn | “(great) stone, rock” | ✧ LT2A/Gondothlim (Gond); PE15/26 (gond) |
| hoth | “folk, people, †army” | ✧ LT2A/Glamhoth; LT2A/Gondothlim; PE15/26 |
| -lim | “many” | ✧ LT2A/Gondothlim; LT2A/Gondothlim; PE15/26 |
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Cognates