S. rhovan n. “wilderness; wild beast, large beast” (Category: Country (vs. Town))

S. rhovan, n. “wilderness; wild beast, large beast” (Category: Country (vs. Town))

N. lhoss “wilderness”

References ✧ PE17/78, 99; PE23/136

Glosses

• “a large beast, especially applied later to the great red deer of the Vales of Anduin and western Mirkwood” ✧ PE23/136
• “wild beast” ✧ PE17/78
• “wilderness” ✧ PE17/99

Elements

rhaw¹

“wild; wild beast”

Element In

• S. Rhevain “Wild-men, Savages”
• S. Rhovanion “Wilderland” ✧ PE17/78; PE17/99; PE23/136 (Rhovannion)

Cognates

• Q. hravan “wild beast” ✧ PE17/78 (hrăvan)

Derivations

• < ✶srāban “wild beast” ✧ PE17/78
  • < √SRAB “wild, not tamed/domesticated” ✧ PE17/78 (S-RAB)
• < ✶roban “wilderness” ✧ PE17/99
  • < √DROB “*wild” ✧ PE17/99 (D)ROB)
• < ✶srābandō “a large beast” ✧ PE23/136
  • < √SRAB “wild, not tamed/domesticated”

Phonetic Developments

✶srāban > rhovan	[srāban] > [r̥āban] > [r̥ǭban] > [r̥ǭvan] > [r̥auvan] > [r̥ovan]	✧ PE17/78
✶srābandō > rhovan	[srābandō] > [srābando] > [r̥ābando] > [r̥ǭbando] > [r̥ǭvando] > [r̥auvando] > [r̥auvand] > [r̥ovand] > [r̥ovann] > [r̥ovan]	✧ PE23/136

N. rhofan n. “wilderness” (Category: Country (vs. Town))

Reference ✧ EtyAC/RAB ✧ “Wilderness”

Element In

• N. Rhofannor “Wilderness” ✧ EtyAC/RAB
• N. Rhovanion “Wilderland”

Derivations

• < ᴹ√RAB¹ “*wild” ✧ Ety/RAB

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√RAB > rhofan

[rābana] > [rǭbana] > [roubana] > [rouvana] > [rauvana] > [rauvan] > [r̥auvan] > [r̥ovan]

✧ EtyAC/RAB