N. Barangil pn. “Swertings”

N. Barangil, pn. “Swertings”

A name for the “Swertings” in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s appearing only in its Anglicized plural form Barangils (TI/313). Its initial element is likely baran “brown”, as noted by Roman Rausch (EE/2.51). Its second element might be *hil “man” < ᴹ√KHIL (baran-khil > baranchil > barangil), as suggested by Parmandil.

References ✧ TI/313; TII/Barangils

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baran “brown, swart, dark brown”
ᴹ√KHIL “follow”