Q. -ndor suf. “land, country” (Category: Region, Territory)

Q. -ndor, suf. “land, country” (Category: Region, Territory)

References ✧ Let/308, 383; LotR/1131; NM/351; PE17/80-81; SA/dôr; UT/253

Glosses

• “land” ✧ Let/383 ((n)dor); LotR/1131 (-nor); PE17/80; SA/dôr; UT/253
• “land, country” ✧ Let/308

Variations

• ndor ✧ Let/308; NM/351; PE17/80; SA/dôr; UT/253
• nor ✧ Let/308; LotR/1131; PE17/81
• (n)dor ✧ Let/383

Related

• nórë “†people” blended and confused with ndor “land” ✧ SA/dôr

Elements

nórë

“land, country; †people, race, tribe”

suffix

✧ PE17/80

Element In

• Q. Andor “Land of Gift”
• Q. Laurelindórenan “(Land of the) Valley of Singing Gold” ✧ Let/448 (Laurelindórinan); NM/351; UT/253 (Laurelindórinan)
• Q. Lindelorendor “Singing-dream-land” ✧ Let/448; PE17/80
• Q. Lómëanor “Gloomyland” ✧ Let/448; LotR/1131; PE17/81 (lómëa-nor)
• Q. †Valandor “Land of the Valar” ✧ SA/dôr (†Valandor)
• Q. Endórë “Middle-earth, (lit.) Middle Land” ✧ SA/dôr (Endor)
• Q. Númenórë “Westernesse, (lit.) West-land” ✧ SA/dôr (†Númendor)

Cognates

• S. dôr “land” ✧ SA/dôr

Derivations

• < ✶ndorē “land” ✧ SA/dôr (ndor)
  • < √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding” ✧ WJ/413 (DORO)
    • < DORO, with frequent initial enrichment of d > nd ✧ WJ/413
  • < √NDOR “land; hard, firm; [ᴹ√] dwell, stay, rest, abide” ✧ PE17/106; PE17/107
    • < √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding”

Phonetic Developments

✶ndor > ndor

[-ndor]

✧ SA/dôr

ᴹQ. -ndor suf. “-land” (Category: Region, Territory)

Element In

• ᴹQ. Andóre “Land of Gift”
• ᴹQ. Endor “Middle-earth”

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶ndorē “land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live”
  • < ᴹ√NDOR “dwell, stay, rest, abide” ✧ Ety/NDOR