Eldamo : Noldorin : cîl

N. cîl n. “cleft, pass between hills, gorge” (Category: Ravine, Pass)

⚠️N. cîl, n. “cleft, pass between hills, gorge” (Category: Ravine, Pass): S. cirith “cleft, ravine, defile, [N.] pass”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s, the equivalent of ᴹQ. kilya “cleft, pass between hills, gorge” and a derivative of ᴹ√KIL “divide” (Ety/KIL). Its most notable use was in the transient name N. Cilthoron(dor); this name eventually became S. Cirith Thoronath “Eagles’ Cleft”, so likely N. cîl became S. cirith.

Reference ✧ Ety/KIL ✧ “cleft, pass between hills, gorge”

Element In

N. Cilthorondor “*Eagle Cleft Land” ✧ Ety/KIL (Cilthoron); Ety/KIL
N. Cilgalad “Pass of Light” ✧ Ety/KIL

Cognates

ᴹQ. kilya “cleft, pass between hills, gorge; chasm” ✧ Ety/KIL

Derivations

< ᴹ√KIL “divide” ✧ Ety/KIL

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√KIL > cîl

[kīl]

✧ Ety/KIL