ᴹQ. Valinor loc. “Land of the Valar”

ᴹQ. Valinor, loc. “Land of the Valar”

References ✧ Ety/BAL, NDOR; LR/25, 202; LRI; MR/200; PE18/24, 56; PE19/58-59; PE21/32-33, 36; PE22/47, 124-125; RSI; SDI1/Valinor; SDI2/Valinor; SMI; TII; WRI

Glosses

• “Land of the Gods” ✧ LR/25
• “land of the Gods in the West” ✧ Ety/BAL
• “Valinorian” ✧ PE18/24 (Valinórea)

Variations

• Valinor ✧ Ety/BAL; Ety/BAL; Ety/NDOR; LR/25; LRI/Valinor; PE18/56; PE19/59; PE21/32; PE21/33; PE22/124; RSI/Valinor; SDI1/Valinor; SDI2/Valinor; SMI/Valinor; TII/Valinor; WRI/Valinor
• Valinóre ✧ Ety/BAL; PE21/32; PE22/47; LR/202 (#Valinóre)
• Vali-nóre ✧ Ety/NDOR
• Valinórea ✧ PE18/24
• Vā̀¹linṓ²re ✧ PE19/58
• Vălĭnṓre ✧ PE19/59
• †Valindor ✧ PE21/32

Related

• Valinor “land of the Gods in the West” reformed after the simplex nóre “land” ✧ Ety/BAL

Changes

• ᴹQ. Valinóren >> Q. Valinóreo ✧ MR/200
• Valinórea “Valinorian” >> Kalaquenderin “languages of the Elves of Light” ✧ PE18/24

Inflections

[Vali]norullo	ablative		✧ PE21/36
†[Vali]nórulo	ablative		✧ PE21/36
[Vali]nóra	accusative		✧ PE21/36
[Vali]norta	allative; assimilated		✧ PE21/36
†[Vali]nórata	allative		✧ PE21/36
[Vali]nŏrunta	allative		✧ PE21/36
[Vali]nóren	dative		✧ PE21/36
Valinóren	genitive		✧ LR/202; MR/200
[Vali]nóro	genitive		✧ PE21/36
[Vali]nóranen	instrumental		✧ PE21/36
Valinoresse	locative	“in Valinor”	✧ PE22/125
†[Vali]norse	locative; assimilated		✧ PE21/36
[Vali]nŏresse	locative		✧ PE21/36
Valinor	nominative		✧ PE21/36
[Vali]nórunt	nominative dual		✧ PE21/36
[Vali]nórin	nominative plural		✧ PE21/36
†[Vali]nórulin	nominative plural		✧ PE21/36
[Vali]nóruva	possessive		✧ PE21/36
Valinordon	similative		✧ PE21/36
[Vali]nóranon	similative		✧ PE21/36

Elements

Vala	“Power, God”	✧ Ety/BAL (†Vali)
nóre	“land, country, region where certain people live; clan, race, folk, kindred”	✧ Ety/NDOR

Element In

• ᴹQ. Arvalin “Outside Valinor”
• ᴹQ. andalúme Eldar oianer Valinoresse, masse oiar sí “for a long while the Elves lived in Valinor, where are they/do they live now?” ✧ PE22/125
• ᴹQ. Nyarna Valinóren “Annals of Valinor” ✧ LR/202
• ᴹQ. vahaia nóre ëa i a-esta Valinor “far away (there) is a land called Valinor” ✧ PE22/124
• ᴹQ. Valinórelúmien “Annals of Valinor” ✧ LR/202
• ᴹQ. Yénie Valinóren “Annals of Valinor” ✧ MR/200

Cognates

• N. Balannor “land of the Gods in the West” ✧ Ety/BAL
• ON. Balandor “land of the Gods in the West” ✧ Ety/BAL

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶balīndore ✧ Ety/BAL (balī́-ndō̆re); PE18/56 (Balī-nṓrē̆); PE19/59 (Bắlī + ndṓrḗ); PE21/32 (valı̯ā + ndōrē); PE21/32 (valı̯ā-nōr̯ǝ)
  • < Bali-nṓr(e) < Balī-nṓrē̆ ✧ PE18/56
  • < Balindor < Bálĭndṑrĕ < Bálīndṑrē < Bắlī + ndṓrḗ ✧ PE19/59
  • < Valyandor < valı̯a-ndōr̯ǝ < valı̯ā + ndōrē ✧ PE21/32
  • < valı̯ǝnōrǝ < valı̯ā-nōr̯ǝ ✧ PE21/32

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶balī́-ndō̆re > Valinor	[balīndōre] > [βalīndōr] > [βalīndōr] > [βalindōr] > [βalindor] > [valindor] ? [valinor]	✧ Ety/BAL
ᴹ✶Balī-nṓrē̆ > Bali-nṓr(e) > Valinor	[balīnōre] > [βalīnōr] > [βalīnōr] > [βalinōr] > [βalinor] > [valinor]	✧ PE18/56
ᴹ✶Bắlī + ndṓrḗ > Bálīndṑrē > Bálĭndṑrĕ > Balindor > Valinor	[balīndōre] > [βalīndōr] > [βalīndōr] > [βalindōr] > [βalindor] > [valindor] ? [valinor]	✧ PE19/59

ᴱQ. Valinor loc. “Land of the Gods”

References ✧ GL/21, 30, 44; LBI; LT1/85; LT1A/Valar, Valinor; LT1I; LT2/316; LT2A/Valar; LT2I; PE13/103; PE14/45, 75; PE15/8, 21, 72-73; PME/39, 99; QL/66, 99

Glosses

• “Asgard” ✧ LT1A/Valinor; LT1A/Valinor (Valinórë); QL/99
• “God-home” ✧ LT2/316; LT2I/Valinor
• “Godhome, Land of the Gods” ✧ PE15/72
• “Heaven, land of Gods” ✧ PE15/73
• “Land of the Gods” ✧ LT1I/Valinor; PE14/45; PE14/75

Variations

• Valinor ✧ GL/21; GL/30; GL/44; LBI/Valinor; LT1/85; LT1A/Valinor; LT1I/Valinor; LT2/316; LT2A/Valar; LT2I/Valinor; PE13/103; PE14/45; PE14/75; PE15/8; PE15/21; PE15/72; PE15/73; PME/99; QL/99; LT1A/Valar (Valinor)
• Valinórë ✧ LT1A/Valinor; LT1I/Valinor; PE14/45; PE14/75
• Valinōre ✧ QL/66; QL/99; PE15/73 (†Valinōre)

Inflections

valinoriva

adjectival

✧ LT1/85; PME/39

Elements

Vala	“God”	plural	✧ PE15/72 (Vali); QL/99 (Vali)
nóre	“(native) land, nation, family, country”		✧ LT1A/Valinor (-nor); LT1A/Valinor; PE14/45; PE14/75; QL/66 (-nor)

Element In

• ᴱQ. fúmelot valinoriva “(large) poppy” ✧ PME/39
• ᴱQ. I Oros Valinoriva “*Mountains of Valinor” ✧ LT1/85 (Toros valinoriva)

Cognates

• G. Gwalien “Land of the Valar” ✧ GL/21; GL/44; LT2A/Valar; PE15/8; PE15/21
• G. Dor Banion ✧ LT1A/Valar (Dor Vanion/Dor Banion); PE13/103 (Banien)
• G. Dor Gwalion ✧ GL/30