For the second meaning, cf. Hadorion, a Húrin's epithet in WJ/294, Hurinionath referring to the house of Húrin the Steward in PM/202-3,218, and Gil-Galad's epithet Ereinion, cf. also the gloss of the old Qenya cognate yondo "descendant of" in PE/12:106, or the use of the same suffix in later Quenya names such as Isildurioni and Anárioni "Heirs of Isildur (resp. Anárion)" in PM/192,196
Sindarin
ion
noun. son
ion
noun. scion, male descendant
-ion
suffix. -son
The usual Sindarin patronymic suffix, meaning “son of” (PE17/170; Ety/YŌ), a suffixal form of ion(n) “son”. It was occasionally used for “descendants”, especially as a class plural, as in Hurinionath “Descendants of Húrin” (PM/202).
Conceptual Development: In Gnomish, the prefix G. go- or gon- (suffixal -iod, -ion, -ios) was initially used with the meaning “son of” as in Gon Indor “✱Son of Indor” (LT2/217), but in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the prefix was revised to G. bo- or bon-, as in Tuor bo-Beleg, along with suffixal -von or -mon (GL/23, 40-41). Tolkien reintroduced suffixal N. -ion “son” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√YO(N) “son” (Ety/YŌ), and seems to have stuck with it thereafter.
Cognates
- Q. -ion “-son, masculine patronymic” ✧ PE17/170
Derivations
Element in
- S. Erchirion
- S. Ereinion “Scion of Kings”
- S. Galathilion “White Tree”
- S. Hurinionath “Descendants of Húrin”
- S. Inglorion “*Son of Inglor”
- ᴺS. sion “grandson”
Elements
Word Gloss ion(n) “son, son, *boy” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶-(i)ŏn/-(ĭ)ondo > -(i)on [-iondō] > [-iondo] > [-iond] > [-ionn] > [-ion] ✧ PE17/170 Variations
- -(i)on ✧ PE17/170
-ion
suffix. -region, -land
@@@ appears in earlier names as Noldorized form of Ilk. genitive plural -ion.
Derivations
Element in
- S. Calenardhon “Green Province” ✧ UT/318
- S. Dorthonion “Land of Pines”
- S. Eryd-wethion “Mountains of the Region of Shadows” ✧ PE17/042
- S. Eregion “Hollin, (lit.) Holly-region” ✧ PE17/037; PE17/042; PE17/042
- S. Gwinion “Young-land”
- S. Nanduhirion “Dimrill Dale, (lit.) Vale of (the Region of) Dim Streams” ✧ PE17/037; PE17/042; RC/269; RC/269
- S. Nan Gondresgion “Stonewain Valley”
- S. Region “*Hollin”
- S. Rhovanion “Wilderland”
- S. Sirion “Great River” ✧ PE17/042; PE17/042
- Un. Lamedon ✧ UT/318
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources S. -ı̯aun > -ion [-jaun] > [-iaun] > [-ion] ✧ PE17/042 Variations
- (i)on ✧ PE17/037
- -ion ✧ PE17/042; PE17/042; PE17/043; PE17/115; RC/269
- ion ✧ PE17/043
- -ond ✧ UT/318
iond
noun. son
For the second meaning, cf. Hadorion, a Húrin's epithet in WJ/294, Hurinionath referring to the house of Húrin the Steward in PM/202-3,218, and Gil-Galad's epithet Ereinion, cf. also the gloss of the old Qenya cognate yondo "descendant of" in PE/12:106, or the use of the same suffix in later Quenya names such as Isildurioni and Anárioni "Heirs of Isildur (resp. Anárion)" in PM/192,196
iond
noun. scion, male descendant
For the second meaning, cf. Hadorion, a Húrin's epithet in WJ/294, Hurinionath referring to the house of Húrin the Steward in PM/202-3,218, and Gil-Galad's epithet Ereinion, cf. also the gloss of the old Qenya cognate yondo "descendant of" in PE/12:106, or the use of the same suffix in later Quenya names such as Isildurioni and Anárioni "Heirs of Isildur (resp. Anárion)" in PM/192,196
iôn
noun. son
iôn
masculine name. Son
A name that Eöl used for his son Maeglin while he was growing, which is simply ion(n) “son” used as a name (WJ/337).
Elements
Word Gloss ion(n) “son, son, *boy”
ion(n)
noun. son, son, *boy
The usual word for “son” in Sindarin, derived from the root √YON of similar meaning (MR/373; SD/129; VT50/18; Ety/YŌ). Tolkien gave it as both ion and ionn.
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the word for “son” was G. bo or bon (GL/23). This became ᴱN. gó “son” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/144). Tolkien introduced N. ionn “son” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√YO(N) of the same meaning (Ety/YŌ), and seems to have stuck with it thereafter.
Neo-Sindarin: In later writings, Tolkien sometimes glossed its Quenya equivalents yondo or yonyo as “boy” (PE17/190; VT47/10, 27). Since we don’t have any good Sindarin words for “boy”, I’d use ionn for this purpose as well.
Cognates
- Q. yondo “son, boy, son, boy; [ᴱQ.] male descendant, (great) grandson”
Derivations
- √YON “son”
Element in
- S. Arathornion “Arathorn’s son”
- S. ar Iorhael, Gelir, Cordof, ar Baravorn, ionnath dîn “and Frodo, Merry, Pippin and Hamfast his sons” ✧ AotM/062; SD/129
- S. Iôn “Son”
- S. -ion “-son”
- S. Narn Beren ion Barahir “*Tale of Beren son of Barahir” ✧ MR/373
- S. Túrin ion Húrin Túramarth “*Túrin son of Húrin, Túramarth” ✧ VT50/18
Variations
- ion ✧ MR/373; VT50/18
ionnath
noun. all the sons
-on(d)
suffix. -region, -land
ai
pronoun. for those who
-a
suffix. [old] genitive suffix
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ō > ia > -a [-ō] > [-a] ✧ PE17/097 ✶iōm > ion [-iōm] > [-ion] ✧ PE17/097 Variations
- a ✧ NM/355 (Os. a)
iond
wj
pl. ynd, coll. pl. ionnath.
iôn
son
iôn (-ion) (descendant), pl. ŷn, coll. pl. #ionath_ isolated from Hurinionath (PM:202-3) as the name of the House of Húrin. (MR:373, WJ.337, PM:202-203, 218) _Also iond, pl. ynd, coll. pl. ionnath. DARK SON, see DARK ELF
iôn
son
(-ion) (descendant), pl. ŷn, coll. pl. #*ionath*** isolated from Hurinionath* (PM:202-3) as the name of the House of Húrin. (MR:373*
For the second meaning, cf. Hadorion, a Húrin's epithet in WJ/294, Hurinionath referring to the house of Húrin the Steward in PM/202-3,218, and Gil-Galad's epithet Ereinion, cf. also the gloss of the old Qenya cognate yondo "descendant of" in PE/12:106, or the use of the same suffix in later Quenya names such as Isildurioni and Anárioni "Heirs of Isildur (resp. Anárion)" in PM/192,196