A noun for “elephant” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. anda “long” and an adjectival form of ᴹQ. mundo “snout” (Ety/MBUD), hence literally “long snouted”.
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien gave ᴱQ. hunto “elephant” (QL/41).
Earlier name for Alcarondas from Númenórean stories from the 1940s (SD/350), apparently a compound of anda “long” and lóke “dragon”.