N. Gothrog pn. “Dread Demon”
A name glossed “Dread Demon” appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of gost “dread” and the suffixal form -rog of rhaug “demon” (Ety/GOS, EtyAC/MBAW).
References ✧ Ety/GOS; EtyAC/MBAW
Glosses
Elements
| gost | “dread, terror” | ✧ Ety/GOS | |
| rhaug | “demon” | soft-mutation | ✧ Ety/GOS (rog) |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶Gothorauk- > Gothrog | [gotʰorauko] > [gotʰorǭko] > [goθorǭko] > [goθorouko] > [goθorauko] > [goθorauk] > [goθoraug] > [goθraug] > [goθrog] | ✧ EtyAC/MBAW |