S. iaur adj. “old” (Category: Old)

S. iaur, adj. “old; [N.] ancient, olden” (Category: Old)

G. gîrin “bygone, old, belonging to former days, olden, former, ancient”

References ✧ RC/523, 579; SA/iaur; UT/384; WJ/192

Glosses

• “old” ✧ RC/523; RC/579; SA/iaur; UT/384; WJ/192

Variations

• Iaur ✧ RC/523; RC/579; SA/iaur; UT/384; WJ/192

Inflections

ior-

prefix

✧ RC/579

Element In

• ᴺS. !iorbeth “archaism, archaic word”
• S. Drúwaith Iaur “Old Púkel-land” ✧ UT/384
• S. einior “elder”
• S. Iant Iaur “Old Bridge” ✧ SA/iaur
• S. #Ioreglon
• S. Ioreth “Old Woman” ✧ RC/579
• S. Iorhael “Frodo”
• S. Iorlas
• S. Dorgannas Iaur “[Account of the] Shapes of the Lands of Old” ✧ WJ/192
• S. Iarwain “Old-young” ✧ SA/iaur
• S. Sennas Iaur “Old Guesthouse” ✧ RC/523

Cognates

• Q. yára “old, ancient” ✧ RC/579 (yāra)

Derivations

• < √YA “*there, over there; (of time) back, ago”

N. iaur adj. “ancient, old(en)” (Category: Old)

References ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ, YA; EtyAC/YA

Glosses

• “ancient” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ
• “ancient, old(en)” ✧ Ety/YA

Changes

• iaur “ancient, old(er)” »» iaur “ancient, old(en)” ✧ EtyAC/YA

Element In

• N. Erion “Eldest”
• N. Iaur “Eldest”
• N. Iorhail “Frodo”

Cognates

• ᴹQ. yára “old, ancient, belonging to or descending from former times” ✧ Ety/YA

Derivations

• < ᴹ√YA “there, over there; (of time) back, ago” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ; Ety/YA

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√YA > iaur

[jāra] > [jǭra] > [joura] > [jaura] > [jaur]

✧ Ety/YA

G. hôr adj. “old, aged, ancient” (Category: Old)

References ✧ GL/49; LT1/248; LT1A/Vailimo

Glosses

• “old” ✧ LT1/248
• “old, aged, ancient” ✧ GL/49
• “old, ancient” ✧ LT1A/Vailimo

Element In

• G. horoth “age, eld, oldness” ✧ GL/49
• G. hortha- “to grow old” ✧ GL/49
• G. horweg “an ancient, old man” ✧ GL/49; LT1A/Vailimo (Chorweg)

Cognates

• ᴱQ. haura “old, aged, ancient” ✧ GL/49

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶χou̯-ră ✧ GL/49

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶χou̯-ră > hôr

[xoura] > [xōra] > [xōr] > [hōr]

✧ GL/49