An Elf of Nargothrond who brought Túrin to that city (S/207-212). The meaning of this name is unclear, but David Salo suggested it might be a combination of gwain “new” and -dor “lord” (GS/352).
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this character was first named G. Flinding (LT2/124), and might contain ᴱN. flind “fleet-footed, swift”. In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s his name was revised to N. Findor > N. Gwindor (SM/312).
An earlier birth name of Gil-galad, though Tolkien’s writing is difficult to read and the exact form is unclear (WJ/56). This name may contain the element fin seen in the Sindarin names of the descendants of Q. Finwë, combined with the suffix -dor “✱king, lord”. His later birth name is given as Ereinion (S/154).