Ilk. Dior m. “Successor”

Ilk. Dior m. “Successor”
See S. Dior for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/NDEW; LRI; SMI; TII; WRI

Glosses

Variations

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶ndeuro > Dior [ndeuro] > [ndioro] > [ndior] > [dior] ✧ Ety/NDEW

Dan. Dior m.

In The Etymologies from the 1930s, Tolkien first marked the name Dior as both Doriathrin and Ossiriandic (EtyAC/NDEW). He then changed the name so that it was only Doriathrin, perhaps because the diphthong [io] did not appear until very late in Ossiriandic.

Reference ✧ EtyAC/NDEW ✧ Oss. Dior

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶ndeuro > Dior [ndeurō] > [ndeur] > [deur] > [deor] > [dior] ✧ EtyAC/NDEW

ᴱN. Dior m.

Reference ✧ LBI/Dior

G. Dior m.

Reference ✧ LT2I/Dior