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Early Quenya

ion

noun. son

In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. Ion was the “mystic name of God, 2nd Person of Blessed Trinity”, that is the “Son” in the “Father, Son, Holy Ghost” trinity (QL/43). In that document yon or yond- was given in a couple of places as (archaic?) words for “son” (QL/43, 106). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, Tolkien gave ion as the equivalent of ᴱN. “son”, along with a plural form yondi (PE13/113). However, in the English-Qenya Dictionary Tolkien said yondi was an irregular plural form of ᴱQ. yondo “son” (PE15/77), and this is the form he typically used in later writings.

Cognates

  • En. “son” ✧ PE13/144

Derivations

Early Quenya [PE13/144] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ion

masculine name. *Christ

In the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s, given as the “mystic name of God [as the] 2nd person of Blessed Trinity” (QL/43), hence = “Christ”. It was derived from “son” (QL/106).

Changes

  • INUION ✧ QL/043

Variations

  • ION ✧ QL/043
  • INU ✧ QL/043 (INU)
Early Quenya [PME/043; QL/043; QL/106] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ion

suffix. -son

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
“son”

Variations

  • ios ✧ LT2A/go
  • ion ✧ LT2A/go
  • io ✧ LT2A/go
  • -yon ✧ PE14/075
  • yon ✧ PE15/77
Early Quenya [LT1A/Urwen; LT2/089; LT2A/go; LT2A/Indorion; PE14/045; PE14/075; PE15/77; QL/096; QL/103; QL/106] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fion

noun. son

A word glossed {“nephew” >>} “son” in an isolated entry of the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with stem form fiond- (QL/37). The same word appeared unglossed under the early root ᴱ√SUẈU where it was derived from primitive ᴱ✶þẉ-iı̯on-d (QL/87).

Derivations

Element in

  • Eq. Fionwe ✧ LT1A/Fionwë; QL/038

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶þẉ-iı̯on-d > fion[θwijond] > [swijond] > [swiond] > [fiond] > [fion]✧ QL/087

Variations

  • Fion ✧ LT1A/Fionwë; QL/038
Early Quenya [LT1A/Fionwë; QL/038; QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hilmo

noun. son

hilu

noun. son

A word for “son” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants hilu and hilmo under the early root ᴱ√HILI (QL/40), both variants also appearing in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/40).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HILI “*youth, offspring” ✧ QL/040

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√HIL > hilu[xilū] > [xilu] > [hilu]✧ QL/040

Variations

  • hilmo ✧ PME/040; QL/040; QL/106
Early Quenya [PME/032; PME/040; QL/040; QL/106] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vondo

noun. son

Cognates

  • G. bo(n) “son” ✧ GL/23; LT2A/bo

Derivations

Variations

  • ✧ GL/23; LT2A/bo
Early Quenya [GL/23; LT2A/bo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. son

yon

noun. son

noun. son

Derivations

Element in

  • Eq. -ion “-son” ✧ LT2A/Indorion; QL/106
  • Eq. Ion “*Christ” ✧ QL/043; QL/106
  • Eq. súyon “nephew, daughter’s son” ✧ QL/087
  • Eq. yondo “son, male descendant, (great) grandson” ✧ QL/106

Variations

  • ✧ LT2A/go; LT2A/Indorion ()
  • Yon ✧ QL/043
  • yon ✧ QL/087 (yon)
  • Y̯ó ✧ QL/106 (Y̯ó)
Early Quenya [LT2A/go; LT2A/Indorion; QL/043; QL/087; QL/106] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-yon

suffix. -son

-n

suffix. genitive suffix

Cognates

  • G. -n “genitive suffix” ✧ GG/10

Element in

Variations

  • -n ✧ GG/10
  • na ✧ PE16/146
Early Quenya [GG/10; PE16/146] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-o

suffix. genitive ending

Cognates

  • G. -a “genitive suffix” ✧ GG/10; GG/10
  • G. -n “genitive suffix” ✧ GG/10

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ ✧ GG/10; GG/10

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶-i + ō + n > ion[-iōn] > [-ion]✧ GG/10
ᴱ✶ō > -o[-ō] > [-o]✧ GG/10
Early Quenya [GG/10] Group: Eldamo. Published by

man

pronoun. who

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MA “root of indef[inite]”

Element in

Variations

  • maano ✧ PE16/077
Early Quenya [MC/213; MC/214; PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by