> It's my opinion that "Tarn" is just the English word "tarn"; although
>in
>form the word might be Sindarin, it cannot be derived (with plausible
>semantics, anyway) from known Eldarin roots.
>
>/\ WISTR LAG WIGS RAIHTS
>\/ WRAIQS NU IST <> David Salo
><dsalo@...> <>

I agree with David Salo that "tarn" here most likely is the English word,
but I can actuallt think of a semi-plausible derivation in Elvish; WJ417
lists a root TAR "high", from which one could form *_tarnā_ "high", yielding
_tarn_ in Sindarin. Since a tarn/mountain lake tends to indeed lie high
(above the sea/adjacent lowlands), an adjective meaning "high" could perhaps
acquire the sense "tarn", ecliptically from *_ael darn_ "high lake".

Andreas
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