Ethir

"mouth of a river, estuary"

Etymology

It is derived from Primitive Quendian etsiri

It can be analyzed as ed + sîr (s reduced to h because of lenition).

Pronunciation

There is some controversy on the pronunciation of the word regarding the digraph th.

One view says that it can be viewed as a compound: ed/et + sîr would trigger a lenition ed/et + hîr. If preposition and stem are understood as different entities, t/h should be pronounced separately ([ˈethir]) (like English "at-home").

Another view would be that PQ etsiri evolved as Old Sindarin *etthire before simplified as ethir. In that case the PQ cluster ts was directly derived as th in Sindarin. The word would be pronounced as [ˈeθir].

"spy"

Etymology

Derived from ed + tirn. Examples include Amon Ethir.

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