N. Cris-caron loc. “Red Pass”
Earlier name for the pass of Caradhras in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/419), a combination criss “pass” and a variant of caran “red”. Roman Rausch suggested the second element might be Ilkorin instead of Sindarin (EE/1.11).
References ✧ RS/419; RSI; TII
Glosses
Elements
| criss | “cleft, cut, slash; pass” | prefix | ✧ RS/419 (Cris) |
| caran | “red” | ✧ RS/419 (caron) |