Eldamo : Early Quenya : orikon

ᴱQ. orikon n. “heather” (Category: Vegetation (other))

A word appearing as ᴱQ. orikon “heather” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√ORO¹ having to do with steep and rising things (QL/70; PME/70).

Neo-Quenya: Since √ORO “rise” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺQ. oricon “heather” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

References ✧ PME/70; QL/70

Glosses

“heather” ✧ PME/70; QL/70 (‽orikon)

Derivations

< ᴱ√ORO¹ “steepness, rising” ✧ QL/70

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ORO¹ > ‽orikon

[orikon]

✧ QL/70