Trāgu

Trāgu is the name of the dragon Smaug in the language of Dale.^[1]

[edit] Etymology

It has been suggested that the word seems to come from a Root *TAR'H.^[2]

[edit] Related words

• Northern Mannish trahald "Sméagol"
• Rohirric trahan "to burrow"
• Hobbitish trân "smial"

References

1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages", p. 54
2. ↑ Andreas Moehn, Etymologies of the Atani Languages