Comments by Röandil
These are the 2 posts of 143 by Röandil.
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Tolkien's word "leithian" and associated forms (e.g., "leithia," "leith")
As you say, both Greek and older forms of English were familiar to Tolkien (among many other natural languages), so it's certainly possible that sound shapes from both came to bear upon his own linguistic creations. There are dozens of other examples of Eldarin words with 'real-world' equivalents; the most immediate to my mind is Finnish antaa 'to give' ~ Quenya anta- of the same meaning. I don't think we can read much further into it than that, though, but that's just one lambengolmo's opinion.
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Star Wanderer
Jumping in to note that -lr- isn't a licit cluster in later Quenya. I'd suggest Eleranyar (compare Q Elerondo, Elerosse, Elerrína) for "Star Wanderer."