S. Tharbad loc. “Crossway, Crossing”

S. Tharbad, loc. “Crossway, Crossing”

A ford over the river Gwathló (LotR/274) translated as “Crossway” (SA/thar) or “(Road) Crossing” (RC/15, PE17/34). This name is a combination of thar “across” and pâd “way” (PE17/34).

Conceptual Development: The name N. Tharbad appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/164). It also appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√THAR¹ “across, beyond”, where it had a difficult-to-read gloss, most likely “*Crossway” according to Christopher Tolkien (Ety/THAR).

References ✧ LotRI; PE17/34; PMI; RC/15; SA/thar; UTI

Glosses

Elements

thar “across, athwart, over” ✧ PE17/34
pâd “a step; track, road; ford” ✧ PE17/34 (pad)
pad- “to step, walk” ✧ PE17/34

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

thara-pata > Tharbad [tʰarapata] > [θarapata] > [θarapat] > [θarapad] > [θarabad] > [θarbad] ✧ SA/thar

N. Tharbad loc. “(?Crossway)”

See S. Tharbad for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/THAR; SDI1/Tharbad; TI/164; TII

Glosses

Variations

Elements

#thar “across, beyond” ✧ Ety/THAR
#pâd “?way” soft-mutation ✧ Ety/THAR (bad)