There’s a mention here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit_(word) cited to Mark T. Hooker.
Certainly, it makes more sense than “a variation on rabbit” or “Tolkien once glimpsed it in an obscure list of names”. Even the size is about right. (And “Coomb” is also in the list of old weights.
Certainly, it makes more sense than “a variation on rabbit” or “Tolkien once glimpsed it in an obscure list of names”. Even the size is about right. (And “Coomb” is also in the list of old weights.
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"I like hobbit, and I could suggest that it comes from middle-somethingish for hole dweller. Who’s going to check me on it."