Ilk. neldor n. “beech” (Category: Beech)
A Doriathrin noun for “beech (tree)”, properly referring to Hirilorn with a true meaning of “three trunks” (Ety/NEL). Tolkien indicated it was a combination of neld “three” and orn “tree”, though it is unclear why the final -n vanished. He marked this derivation with a “?” perhaps because of this uncertainty.
Conceptual Development: Tolkien seems to have coined this word to explain names like Neldoreth. Its most obvious precursor is ᴱQ. neldor (QL/65).
References ✧ Ety/BERÉTH, NEL
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| *neld | “three” | ✧ Ety/NEL | |
| orn | “tree” | ✧ Ety/NEL | |
| ᴹ√NEL | “three” | ✧ Ety/BERÉTH | |
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ᴱN. deilian n. “beech-tree” (Category: Beech)
References ✧ PE13/142
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| deiliain | plural | ✧ PE13/142 |
G. deldron [nd-] n. “beech (tree)” (Category: Beech)
References ✧ GG/8; GL/30, 42; PE13/112
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| deil(t) | plural | ✧ PE13/112 |
| delwein | plural | ✧ PE13/112 |
| i·ndeldron | soft-mutation; nd-mutation | ✧ GG/8 |
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ᴱQ. neldor n. “beech” (Category: Beech)
References ✧ LT2A/Hirilorn; PE16/139; PME/65; QL/53, 65
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| neldor- | stem | ✧ QL/65 |
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| ᴱ√NELE > ‽neldor | [neldor] | ✧ QL/65 |