S. ethir¹ n. “mouth of a river, (lit.) outflow” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)
A noun for the mouth of a river or a river delta, glossed “outflow” in the Unfinished Index of The Lord of the Rings (RC/350; Ety/ET). It was a combination of primitive ✶et “out” and S. sîr “river” (SA/sîr; Ety/ET), where ts > th.
Conceptual Development: The word and its derivation first appeared as N. ethir in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/ET).
References ✧ LotRI/Anduin; RC/350; SA/sîr
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| ed¹ | “out, out of” | ||
| sîr | “river, stream” | ✧ SA/sîr | |
| ✶et | “out (of), forth” | ✧ SA/sîr | |
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N. ethir n. “mouth of a river” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)
Reference ✧ Ety/ET ✧ “mouth of a river”
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Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶etsiri > ethir | [etsiri] > [eθθiri] > [eθθir] > [eθir] | ✧ Ety/ET |
N. eges n. “mouths” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)
A noun for the mouths of rivers in the name N. Eges-hirion “Mouths of Sirion” (LR/407). Its etymology is unclear, and it is probably better to use S. ethir instead.
Reference ✧ LR/407 ✧ Eges “mouths”
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