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'''WOR''' is an [[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]] signifying "express, cause to exude (by pressure)".<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 38</ref><ref>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 191</ref> Note that the root appears to have been rejected by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], who wrote that "this is false etymology [...] there was not in fact any word ''wor-'' in Elvish, [[Quenya]] or [[Sindarin]]."<ref name=PE17/> One can interpret Tolkien's note in several ways: | '''WOR''' is an [[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]] signifying "express, cause to exude (by pressure)" and is an element in the word ''[[miruvor]]''.<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 38</ref><ref>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 191</ref> | ||
Note that the root appears to have been rejected by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], who wrote that "this is [[Wikipedia:false etymology|false etymology]] [...] there was not in fact any word ''wor-'' in Elvish, [[Quenya]] or [[Sindarin]]."<ref name=PE17/> One can interpret Tolkien's note in several ways: | |||
*The Elves falsely thought that the latter elements of ''[[miruvor|miruvórë/miruvor]]'' derived from a presumed root WOR. | *The Elves falsely thought that the latter elements of ''[[miruvor|miruvórë/miruvor]]'' derived from a presumed root WOR. | ||
*Tolkien altogether removed the root WOR (and its relation to ''miruvórë/miruvor'') from the [[legendarium]] . | *Tolkien altogether removed the root WOR (and its relation to ''miruvórë/miruvor'') from the [[legendarium]] . | ||
Latest revision as of 07:00, 27 June 2014
WOR is an Elvish root signifying "express, cause to exude (by pressure)" and is an element in the word miruvor.[1][2]
Note that the root appears to have been rejected by J.R.R. Tolkien, who wrote that "this is false etymology [...] there was not in fact any word wor- in Elvish, Quenya or Sindarin."[1] One can interpret Tolkien's note in several ways:
- The Elves falsely thought that the latter elements of miruvórë/miruvor derived from a presumed root WOR.
- Tolkien altogether removed the root WOR (and its relation to miruvórë/miruvor) from the legendarium .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 38
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 191
