elerondo Reconstructed

masculine name. Elrond, (lit.) Star-dome

Probably the Quenya name of S. Elrond, attested only in the names Elerondiel and (rejected) Elerondorel for his daughter Arwen (PE17/56). These two names probably meant “✱Daughter of Elrond”. The name Elerondo was therefore probably a compound of elen “star” and rondo “vaulted roof”, a direct translation of S. Elrond. The final -n of elen was probably assimilated to the r, which also happened in the names Elerossë and Elerrína.

Cognates

• S. Elrond “Star-dome”

Element in

• Q. Elerondiel “*Daughter of Elrond”
• Q. Elerondorel “*Daughter of Elrond”

Elements

Word	Gloss
elen	“star”
rondo	“vaulted or arched roof, vaulted hall, vaulted or arched roof, vaulted hall; [ᴹQ.] cavern, cave”

Elrond

noun. starry dome

êl (“star”) + rond (“domed roof”)

Elrond

noun. Elrond

prop. n.

Elrond

Star-dome

The name Elrond has been translated as "Star-dome", and "Vault of Heaven" recalling the glory of Menegroth though at an earlier stage, it was supposed to mean "Elf of the Cave". His Quenya name was most likely Elerondo, isolated from the patronymic Elerondiel, "daughter of Elrond".

Elrond

Elrond

The name Elrond (S, pron. [ˈelrond]) has been translated as "Star-dome", and "Vault of Heaven" recalling the glory of Menegroth though at an earlier stage, it was supposed to mean "Elf of the Cave". His Quenya name was most likely Elerondo, isolated from the patronymic Elerondiel, "daughter of Elrond".