Noldorin
rhien
noun/adjective. crowned
rhien
noun/adjective. crowned lady, queen
rhien
noun. (crowned) lady
Derivations
Element in
- N. Galadhrien “Tree-lady” ✧ TI/249
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√RIG > rhien [rigende] > [riɣende] > [riɣend] > [r̥iɣend] > [r̥iend] > [r̥ienn] > [r̥ien] ✧ Ety/TĀ ᴹ✶rīʒende > rhiend [rigende] > [riɣende] > [riɣend] > [r̥iɣend] > [r̥iend] > [r̥ienn] > [r̥ien] ✧ EtyAC/RIG Variations
- rhiend ✧ EtyAC/RIG (
rhiend)
rhîn
noun/adjective. crowned
rhîn
noun/adjective. crowned lady, queen
rhîn
adjective. crowned
Cognates
- ᴹQ. rína “crowned” ✧ Ety/RIG
Derivations
- ᴹ√RIG “*crown” ✧ Ety/RIG; Ety/TĀ
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√RIG > rhîn [rigna] > [riŋna] > [rīna] > [rīn] > [r̥īn] ✧ Ety/RIG
galadhrien
feminine name. Tree-lady
Changes
- Rhien → Galdri(e)n ✧ TI/249
- Galdri(e)n → Galadhrien ✧ TI/249
Variations
- Rhien ✧ TI/249; TII/Galadriel
- Galdri(e)n ✧ TI/249
- Galdrin ✧ TII/Galadriel
- Galdrien ✧ TII/Galadriel
- Galadrien ✧ TII/Galadriel
An early name for S. Galadriel appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s as a combination of galadh “tree” and the lenited form of rhien “lady” (TI/249). There were also (rejected) variants Rhien and Galdri(e)n.
Conceptual Development: Tolkien soon changed her name to Galadriel (TI/246), but it likely that at this early stage, her name still included galadh “tree”, since Tolkien often represented [ð] with “d” instead of “dh” in Lord of the Rings drafts: compare N. Caradras with S. Caradhras. The derivation of Galadriel’s name from S. galad “light” is probably a later innovation.