Eldamo : Ilkorin/Doriathrin : Dorthonion

Ilk. Dorthonion loc. “Land of Pines”

Ilk. Dorthonion loc. “Land of Pines”

See S. Dorthonion for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/THŌN; LR/145, 257, 405; LRI; SMI; TII

Glosses

“Land of Pines” ✧ Ety/THŌN (Dor-thonion); LRI/Dorthonion

Variations

Dorthonion ✧ LR/145; LR/257; LRI/Dorthonion; SMI/Dorthonion; TII/Dorthonion
Dor-thonion ✧ Ety/THŌN
Dorthanion ✧ LR/145; LR/257; LR/405 (Dor. Dorthanion); LRI/Dorthonion

Changes

Dorthanion >> Dorthonion ✧ LR/145; LR/257

Elements

dôr	“land”		✧ Ety/THŌN (Dor)
thôn	“pine-tree”	genitive plural	✧ Ety/THŌN (thonion); LR/405 (thanion)

Cognates

N. Dor-na-Thuin “Land of Pines” ✧ Ety/THŌN

N. Taur-na-Danion loc. “Forest of Pines”

Earliest name of Dorthonion in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, first appearing as Taur Danin (SM/197) and later expanded to Taur-na-Danion (LR/127) with variants -Thanion, -Donion, -Thonion before ultimately being replaced by the Ilkorin name Dorthonion (LR/145). It is a combination of taur¹ “forest”, na “of” and early variants of thaun “pine”, possibly as an earlier Gnomish-style genitive plural.

See S. Dorthonion for further discussion.

References ✧ LR/127, 145; LRI; SM/197, 296, 330; SMI/Dorthonion, Taur-na-Danion

Glosses

“Forest of Pines” ✧ LR/127; LRI/Taur-na-Danion; SM/296; SM/330; SMI/Taur-na-Danion

Variations

Taur-na-Danion ✧ LR/127; LR/145; LRI/Taur-na-Danion; SM/296; SM/330; SMI/Dorthonion; SMI/Taur-na-Danion
Taur-na-Thanion ✧ LR/145; LRI/Taur-na-Danion
Taur-na-Thonion ✧ LRI/Taur-na-Danion
Taur-na-Donion ✧ LRI/Taur-na-Danion
Taur Danin ✧ SM/197; SMI/Taur-na-Danion

Changes

Taur-na-Danion >> Taur-na-Thanion ✧ LR/145
N. Taur-na-Thanion >> Ilk. Dorthanion ✧ LR/145
N. Taur-na-Danion >> Ilk. Dorthonion ✧ SMI/Dorthonion
Taur Danin >> Taur-na-Danion “Forest of Pines” ✧ SMI/Taur-na-Danion

Elements

taur¹	“forest, great wood”
na	“with, by; of”
thaun	“pine-tree”