Duh! Any fule kno that the word hobbit is derived from the name "Holbytlan" which means "hole-dwellers" in Rohirric.
Talking about possible sources for the word "hobbit," David Crystal writes that "it might be a shortened form of hobbity-hoy, a variant form of hobbledehoy."(By Hook or By Crook p 203)
Duh! Any fule kno that the word hobbit is derived from the name "Holbytlan" which means "hole-dwellers" in Rohirric.
Talking about possible sources for the word "hobbit," David Crystal writes that "it might be a shortened form of hobbity-hoy, a variant form of hobbledehoy."
(By Hook or By Crook p 203)