Artaher

noble lord

Artaher (Artahér-) masc. name "noble lord" (Sindarin Arothir) (PM:346)

artaher

masculine name. Noble Lord

The Quenya name of S. Orodreth in some of Tolkien’s later writings (PM/346, 350). It is a compound of the prefixal form arta- of arata “noble” and heru “lord”.

Conceptual Development: His Quenya name was initially Artanáro, but this was changed to Artaresto, while Artanáro became the Quenya name of his son Gil-galad (PM/350). Later, the name was changed again to Artaher and its Sindarin form to S. Arothir, which was probably meant to replace S. Orodreth in The Silmarillion, although Tolkien did not get around to making those changes. The name Artaresto is more compatible with his Sindarin name Orodreth in the published version of The Silmarillion.

Cognates

• S. Arothir “Noble Lord” ✧ PM/346; PM/346; PMI/Arothir; PM/350

Elements

Word	Gloss
arata	“high, noble, exalted, lofty”
heru	“lord, master”

Arothir

noun. Arothir

noble lord; arod (“noble”) + hîr (“lord”) S equivalent of Q Artaher.

arothir

masculine name. Noble Lord

A name Tolkien considered as a replacement for Orodreth in some of his late writings from 1965 (PM/350). The name is a combination of arod “noble” and hîr “lord”. @@@ Etymology

Cognates

• Q. Artaher “Noble Lord” ✧ PM/346; PM/346; PMI/Arothir; PM/350

Derivations

• ✶arāt-chír “Noble Lord” ✧ VT41/09

Elements

Word	Gloss
arod	“noble”
hîr	“lord, master”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶arāt-chír > aratχír > Aracchír	[arātxir] > [aroθir]	✧ VT41/09

Variations

• Arothír ✧ PM/346; VT41/09
• Aracchír ✧ VT41/09 (Aracchír)

arāt-chír

masculine name. Noble Lord

@@@ not an actual ancient form, but only representative of the sounds changes that might have occurred

Derivatives

• S. Arothir “Noble Lord” ✧ VT41/09