Smeagol's Name
Gollum
"Smeagol" is the Hobbit equivalent of Trahald in
Rohirric, from which
part
of their language derived. Trahald meant "burrowing, worming in".
Reference: Return of the King's Appendix F "On Translation"
just before
the discussion of the names Hobbit, Gamgee, and Brandywine.
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