ciryahto

noun. shipwright

shipwright

círdan

masculine name. Shipwright

An Elf-lord who was a famous ship builder, whose name was translated “Shipwright” (LotR/240). His name is simply círdan “shipbuilder” used as a name (Ety/KIR).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, his name was first given as N. Cirdan with a short i (WR/76). His name appeared in The Etymologies as C(e)irdan (Ety/TAN), where the (e) probably indicates its development from N. ceir “ship” (later S. cair).

Elements

Word	Gloss
círdan	“shipbuilder, shipwright”

Variations

• Cirdan ✧ WJ/008; WJI/Círdan

círdan

shipwright

círdan (i gírdan, o chírdan) (shipbuilder), pl. círdain (i chírdain). Compare Círdan as a proper name.

balkumagân

masculine name. Shipwright, *Shipbuilder

The 12th ruler of Númenor, whose Quenya name was Tar-Ciryatan “Shipbuilder, Shipwright” (PM/151). The first element of his name is the objective form of balak “ship”. Therefore, the second element magân most likely means “wright, ✱builder”. This name appears only in a draft list of the kings of Númenor from the early 1950s, and falls between the conceptual periods of Middle Adûnaic and Late Adûnaic in the terminology used here.

Cognates

• Q. Ciryatan “Shipbuilder, Shipwright” ✧ PM/151; PMI/Ar-Balkumagān

Elements

Word	Gloss
balak	“ship”
magân	“wright, *builder”

Variations

• Balkumagān ✧ PM/151; PMI/Ar-Balkumagān

kiryaktō

noun. shipwright

Elements

Word	Gloss
kiryā	“(small swift sailing) ship; swift (especially of things that pass easily through obstacles)”
aktō	“artificer, artificer, [ᴹ✶] maker, wright”

Variations

• kirya-k’tō ✧ PE18/085 (kirya-k’tō)

ciriaeth

noun. shipwright

shipwright

ciriaeth

noun. shipwright

Derivations

• ᴹ✶kiryaktō “shipwright” ✧ PE18/062

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶kirya-k’tō > ciriaeth	[kirjaktō] > [kirjakto] > [kirjaktʰo] > [kirjaxθo] > [kirjaiθo] > [kiriaiθo] > [kiriaiθ] > [kiriaeθ]	✧ PE18/062