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In Tolkien's very early conception of the [[Elvish]] languages (dating from ca. [[1917]]), the [[Gnomish]] name for a "pinetree" is '''''aigos''''' and the [[Qenya]] name is '''''[[aikasse#Qenya|aikasse]]'''''.<ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 17</ref> | In Tolkien's very early conception of the [[Elvish]] languages (dating from ca. [[1917]]), the [[Gnomish]] name for a "pinetree" is '''''aigos''''' and the [[Qenya]] name is '''''[[aikasse#Qenya|aikasse]]'''''.<ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 17</ref> | ||
==See Also== | |||
*[[Laocoon]] - Tolkien's Favourite tree | |||
==External Link== | ==External Link== | ||
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Pines were common evergreen trees, found throughout the lands of Middle-earth, but especially in the highlands of Dorthonion, a land which took its name from the pine trees that grew there.[1]
Names
The Sindarin name for a "pine-tree" is thôn.[2][3]
In the Etymologies, Ilkorin thōn and Noldorin thaun (pl. thuin), deriving from root THON, are said to mean "pine-tree".[4][5]
In Tolkien's very early conception of the Elvish languages (dating from ca. 1917), the Gnomish name for a "pinetree" is aigos and the Qenya name is aikasse.[6]
See Also
- Laocoon - Tolkien's Favourite tree
External Link
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 384 (citing the "Unfinished index")
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 392
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 19
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 17
