elwen

heart

elwen noun "heart" (LT1:255; rather hón or enda in LotR-style Quenya)

per-

prefix. half, half, [ᴹQ.] semi

Cognates

• S. per- “half”

Derivations

• √PER “half, half; [ᴹ√] divide in middle, halve”

Element in

• ᴺQ. pellauca “lukewarm”
• ᴺQ. pellopë “donkey, ass”
• ᴺQ. percoron “hemisphere”
• Q. Pereldar “Half-elven” ✧ Let/386
• Q. peresta “one half”
• ᴺQ. perranga “cubit”
• ᴺQ. pertol “peninsula”

Variations

• Per- ✧ Let/386 (Per-)

enda

heart

enda noun "heart", but not referring to the physical organ; it literally means "centre" (cf. endë) and refers to the fëa (soul) or sáma (mind) itself. (VT39:32)

órë

heart

órë (1) noun "heart" (inner mind), also name of tengwa #21 (Appendix E), "premonition" (VT41:13), "nearest equivalent of 'heart' in our application to feelings, or emotions (courage, fear, hope, pity, etc.)" (VT41:13). The órë apparently defines a person's personality, cf. the description of Galadriel in PM:337, that "there dwelt in her the noble and generous spirit (órë) of the Vanyar". Órenya "my heart" (VT41:11).

hón

heart

hón noun "heart" (physical) (KHŌ-N); hon-maren "heart of the house", a fire (LR:63, 73; this is "Qenya" with genitive in -en, not -o as in LotR-style Quenya read *hon-maro?)

indo

heart, mood

indo (1) noun "heart, mood" (ID), "state" (perhaps especially state of mind, given the other glosses) (VT39:23), "mind, region/range of thought, mood" (PE17:155, 179), "inner thought, in fea as exhibited in character or [?personality]" (PE17:189). In another post-LotR source, indo is translated "resolve" or "will", the state of mind leading directly to action (VT41:13). Indo is thus "the mind in its purposing faculty, the will" (VT41:17). Indo-ninya,a word occurring in Fíriels Song, translated "my heart" (see ninya). In the compound indemma "mind-picture", the first element would seem to be indo.

per-

prefix. half

Cognates

• Q. per- “half, half, [ᴹQ.] semi”

Derivations

• √PER “half, half; [ᴹ√] divide in middle, halve”

Element in

• S. Peredhel “Half-elf”
• S. Perhael “Samwise, (lit.) Half-wise” ✧ PE17/102
• S. Perian “Halfling, Hobbit”
• ᴺS. perthol “peninsula”

Variations

• Per- ✧ PE17/102 (Per-)

gûr

noun. heart (in the moral sense), counsel

peringol

half-elf

(i beringol, o pheringol), pl. peringyl (i pheringyl), coll. pl. ?peringollath

per

half

(adj. prefix) per-.

per

half

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nest

heart

(core, center), pl. nist. Also notice the prefix hû- apparently meaning ”heart”..

gûr

heart

(i ’ûr, construct gur), pl. guir (i nguir = i ñuir). Note: A homophone means ”death”, but has different mutations. (VT41:11).

hûn

heart

1) (physical heart) hûn (i chûn, o chûn, construct hun), pl. huin (i chuin), 2) (inner mind) gûr (i **ûr, construct gur), pl. guir (i nguir = i ñuir). Note: A homophone means ”death”, but has different mutations. (VT41:11). 3) ind (inner thought, mind, meaning), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath. 4) nest (core, center), pl. nist. Also notice the prefix hû**- apparently meaning ”heart”..

hûn

heart

(i chûn, o chûn, construct hun), pl. huin (i chuin)

ind

heart

(inner thought, mind, meaning), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath.

per

root. half, half; [ᴹ√] divide in middle, halve

This root first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as ᴹ√PER “divide in middle, halve” with derivatives like ᴹQ. perya- “halve” and N. perin “half” (Ety/PER). It reappeared in notes from around 1959-60 as √PER “half” (PE17/171, 173). In Tolkien’s earliest writings, the sense “half” was assigned to the root ᴱ√LEHE or ᴱ√LEFE² instead (QL/52; GL/53).

Derivatives

• Q. per- “half, half, [ᴹQ.] semi”
• ᴺQ. permë “half; side (of person or shape)”
• S. per- “half”

per-

prefix. half

Derivations

• ᴹ√PER “divide in middle, halve”

Element in

• N. Perhail “Halfwise” ✧ SD/118

Variations

• Per ✧ SD/118 (Per)

perin

adjective. half

Cognates

• ᴹQ. perya- “to divide in middle, halve” ✧ Ety/PER

Derivations

• ᴹ√PER “divide in middle, halve” ✧ Ety/PER

Element in

• N. Peringol “Half-elven, (lit.) Half-Noldo” ✧ Ety/PER; Ety/PER

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√PER > perin	[perine] > [perin]	✧ Ety/PER

per-

prefix. half, divided in middle

perin

adjective. half, divided in middle

hûn

noun. heart (physical)