laegolas

masculine name. Green-foliage

The true Sindarin form of Nan. Legolas, a combination of laeg “green” and the lenited form of golas “foliage” (Let/282, PE17/56). In some places this name also appeared as S. Legolas with the diphthong [ae] reduced to [e] in the compound, (P17/84, 159), but the exact mechanism for this is unclear.

Conceptual Development: See Nan. Legolas for the earlier developments of this name.

Cognates

• Q. Laicolassë “Green-foliage” ✧ PE17/056
• Nan. Legolas “Greenleaf”

Variations

• laegolas ✧ Let/282
• Legolas ✧ PE17/084
• leg-olas ✧ PE17/159