Paur
From Tolkien Gateway
paur is a Sindarin word meaning fist, as in a hand clenched around a tool or implement. In names it is often shortened to -bor.
Etymology
From Old Sindarin *pâra, from Primitive Quendian kwâra root KWAR[1][2]
Cognates
See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth p.318
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Etymologies p.366
