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LOTR names (hexbear.net)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

I figured that since Tolkien was a linguistics guy that he used some roots where those things more directly translated, like '-dred' means 'dead' and '-thanc' means pit or enclosure of some sort. Oh wow, imagine if JK Rowling was a linguistics nut, she probably would hide some (more) heinous things in names.