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Originally Posted by Aiwendil
bal Sindarin, from primitive Quendian root BAL- = "power"
rog Sindarin, from root primitive Quendian RUK- = "demon"
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Quite so, but
that Bal is as in Valar rather, whilst Balrog's Bal is:
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ÑGWAL- torment. Q ungwale torture; nwalya- to pain, torment; nwalka cruel. N balch cruel; baul torment, cf. Bal- in Balrog or Bolrog [ruk], and Orc-name Boldog = Orc-warrior ‘Torment-slayer’ (cf. ndak).
RUK- demon. Q ranko demon, malarauko (*ñgwalaraukō, cf. ñgwal); N rhaug, Balrog.
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So still my dentist
1910's re: quite so. Just trying to see the picture as a whole. (Cf threads like
Two Gandalfs and
Evil Things)