S. Girithron n. “December, *Shuddering-one” (Category: Names of the Months)
Name of the twelfth month of the year in the Westron calendar (LotR/1110) corresponding to “December” (PM/136). It appears to be an elaboration of girith “shuddering”, perhaps meaning “*Shuddering-one”. It is also possible -ron is a reduced form of raun “moon” as suggested by David Salo (GS/361).
Conceptual Development: In drafts of The Lord of the Rings appendices, this name was already Girithron and it appeared with an alternate name Ephriw “*Before Winter” = eb “*before” + rhíw “winter” (PM/135-136).
References ✧ LotR/1110; SA/girith
Glosses
Elements
| girith | “shuddering” | ✧ SA/girith |
| #-(r)on | “agental suffix” |
Cognates
N. Ephriw n. “December, *First-winter” (Category: Names of the Months)
Reference ✧ PM/136 ✧ “December”
Related
Elements
| S. #eb | “?before” | |
| rhíw | “winter” | ✧ PM/135 |
Cognates
N. Girithron n. “December, *Shuddering-one” (Category: Names of the Months)
Reference ✧ PM/135 ✧ “December”
Related
Elements
| girith | “shuddering, horror” |
| #-(r)on | “agental suffix” |
Cognates