tolchas

masculine name. Tolchas

Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Tulkas derived from the same root ᴹ√TULUK (EtyAC/TULUK), likely from the same or similar primitive form, perhaps ✱✶tulkassĕ given the Quenya stem form Tulkass-.

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, his name was given as G. Tulcus or Tulcos (GL/18, 64, 71).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Tulkas ✧ Ety/TULUK

Derivations

• ᴹ√TULUK “*support, prop; steady, firm” ✧ Ety/TULUK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√TULUK > Tolchas	[tulkasse] > [tulkʰasse] > [tulxasse] > [tolxasse] > [tolxass] > [tolxas]	✧ Ety/TULUK