Quenya 

Turcafinwë

strong, powerful (in body) finwë

Turcafinwë masc. name, "strong, powerful (in body) Finwë", masc. name; he was called Celegorm in Sindarin. Short Quenya name Turco. (PM:352), compare #turco "chief" (q.v.)

turcafinwë

masculine name. strong, powerful (in body)

The father-name of Celegorm, a compound of turca “strong” and the name of his grandfather Finwë (PM/352).

Elements

WordGloss
turca“strong, powerful (in body)”
Finwë

Variations

  • Turkafinwë ✧ PM/352; PMI/Celegorm
  • Turko ✧ PM/352; PMI/Celegorm
Quenya [PM/352; PMI/Celegorm] Group: Eldamo. Published by

turca

adjective. strong, powerful (in body)

An adjective for “strong, powerful (in body)” appearing as the initial element in the name Turkafinwë, father name of Celegorm (PM/352). ᴱQ. turka also appeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s as a variant of ᴱQ. tulka “strong”.

Derivations

Element in

  • Q. Turcafinwë “strong, powerful (in body)” ✧ PM/352

Variations

  • Turka ✧ PM/352 (Turka)

#turco

chief

#turco (1) noun "chief" (isolated from Turcomund "chief bull", Letters:423). Turco, masc. name, see Turcafinwë.

Ingwë

chief

Ingwë masc. name, "chief", name of the "prince of Elves" _(PM:340, ING, WEG, VT45:18). Pl. Ingwer "Chieftains", what the Vanyar called themselves (so in PM:340, but in PM:332 the plural has the more regular form Ingwi). Ingwë Ingweron "chief of the chieftains", proper title of Ingwë as high king (PM:340)_. In the Etymologies, Ingwë is also said to be the name of a symbol used in writing: a short carrier with an i-tehta above it, denoting short i (VT45:18).

ingwë

masculine name. Chief

Lord of the first tribe of the Elves and the high king of Elvenkind (S/52, 62). His name is ancient and its original meaning is unclear, but it is sometimes translated as “Chief”, and is interpreted as a combination of the root √ING “first, foremost” and the suffix -wë common in ancient names (PM/340).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this character was first named ᴱQ. Ing, but this was soon changed to ᴱQ. Inwe (LT1/22). The form become ᴹQ. Ingwe in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/13, LR/214), and the derivation for Ingwë discussed above had already emerged in The Etymologies (Ety/ING, WEG).

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
INGhighest, top, highest, top; [ᴹ√] first, foremost”
-wë“ancient name suffix (usually but not always masculine)”
Quenya [MRI/Ingwë; PM/340; PMI/Ingwë; SI/Ingwë; WJI/Ingwë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

turco

noun. chief

Derivations

  • TUR “dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power, dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power; [ᴹ√] victory; [ᴱ√] am strong”

Element in

  • S. Turcomund “Chief of Bulls” ✧ Let/423

Variations

  • Turco ✧ Let/423 (Turco)

héra

chief, principal

héra adj. "chief, principal" (KHER)

Tyelcormo

hasty-riser

Tyelcormo ("k") masc. name "hasty-riser", the amilessë or mother-name (never used in narrative) of Turcafinwë = Celegorm (PM:353)

tyelcormo

masculine name. Hasty-riser

The mother-name of Celegorm, from which his Sindarin name is partially derived (PM/353). It is a compound of tyelca “hasty” and ormo “riser”.

Conceptual Development: In earlier notes, Tolkien gave his Quenya name as Celec-ormë (PE17/112).

Cognates

  • north S. Celegorm “Hasty-riser” ✧ PM/352; PMI/Celegorm

Elements

WordGloss
tyelca“hasty, hasty; [ᴹQ.] agile, swift”
ormo“riser”

Variations

  • Tyelkormo ✧ PM/353; PMI/Celegorm
Quenya [PM/353; PMI/Celegorm] Group: Eldamo. Published by

poldorë

strong, burly

poldorë noun? (not glossed, derived from polda "strong, burly": possibly "strength" as an abstract) (POL/POLOD)

Sindarin 

thalion

strong

thalion (steadfast, dauntless), pl. thelyn. Also used as a noun ”hero, dauntless man”.

thalion

strong

(steadfast, dauntless), pl. thelyn. Also used as a noun ”hero, dauntless man”.

main

chief

(adj.) main (lenited vain; pl. mîn) (prime, prominent) (VT45:15)

main

chief

(lenited vain; pl. mîn) (prime, prominent) (VT45:15)

bell

strong

1) (in body) *bell, lenited vell, pl. bill. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” belt. 2)

bell

strong

lenited vell, pl. bill. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” belt.

Primitive elvish

stal

root. strong

The unglossed root ᴹ√STALAG appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like N. thala “stalwart, steady, firm” and N. thalion “hero, dauntless man” (Ety/STÁLAG), the latter a sobriquet of Húrin typically translated as “Steadfast” in the narratives themselves (S/199). Similar forms appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s derived from the primitive form ᴱ✶stalga (PE13/153).

The root √STAL “strong” was mentioned in passing as the basis for the adjective Q. astalda in a rejected page associated with roots having to do with “large & small” words, probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115; VT47/26 note #26). The name Q. Astaldo “Valiant” appeared as a sobriquet of Tulkas in later versions of The Silmarillion (S/28), replacing the earlier name Q. Poldórëa of similar meaning (MR/146, 149; LR/206). For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I would assume √STAL (and its derivatives) means “✱valiant” rather than “strong”.

Derivatives

  • ᴺQ. astal “valour”
  • Q. astalda “strong, *valiant” ✧ PE17/115

Element in

  • ᴺS. thalas “valour, courage”
Primitive elvish [PE17/115; PE17/185] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

belt

adjective. strong in body

Noldorin [Ety/352, Tengwestie/20031207] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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North sindarin

celegorm

masculine name. Hasty-riser

Third son of Fëanor (S/60), his name was adapted from his mother-name Q. Tyelcormo “Hasty-riser” (PM/353). His name was in the North Sindarin dialect, since the final [m] was preserved (VT41/10). It is a compound of S. celeg “hasty” and an adaptation of Q. ormo “riser”.

Conceptual Development: In earliest Lost Tales, his name was G. Celegorm (LT2/241). In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, the name was changed to N. Celegorn (LR/226 note §41), in keeping with the revised phonology of Noldorin for which [[n|final [m] usually became [v]]]. In The Etymologies, the name was given as a combination of N. celeg “swift” and the lenited form of N. gorn “impetuous” (Ety/KYELEK, GOR).

In his Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien considered connecting the -gorn in Celegorn with the final element of Aragorn, but was generally dissatisfied with the meaning of the name (PE17/112-3). The form Celegorm was restored in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (MR/177) and Tolkien devised the “North Sindarin” explanation of his name in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968, as noted above (PM/353).

Cognates

Derivations

Elements

WordGloss
celeg“*hasty, hasty; [N.] agile, swift”
ormo“riser”

Variations

  • Celegorn ✧ PE17/112; PE17/113; WJI/Celegorm
  • Celegorn/Celegorm ✧ PE17/113
  • celeg-orm ✧ VT41/10
North sindarin [MRI/Celegorm; PE17/112; PE17/113; PM/352; PMI/Celegorm; SI/Celegorm; TII/Celegorn; UTI/Celegorm; VT41/10; WJ/130; WJI/Celegorm] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

káno

noun. chief

Changes

  • kánokáne “chief” ✧ Ety/KAN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KAN “dare” ✧ Ety/KAN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KAN > káno[kānō] > [kāno]✧ Ety/KAN

Doriathrin

beleg

masculine name. Strong

Cognates

  • N. beleg “great, large” ✧ Ety/BEL

Elements

WordGloss
bel“strength”
Doriathrin [Ety/BEL; LRI/Beleg; RSI/Beleg; SMI/Beleg] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

belda

adjective. strong

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BEL “strong” ✧ Ety/BEL

Derivatives

  • N. belt “strong in body” ✧ Ety/BEL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√BEL > belda[belda]✧ Ety/BEL
Old Noldorin [Ety/BEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

bel

root. strong

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶belē “strength” ✧ Ety/BEL
    • Ilk. bel “strength” ✧ Ety/BEL
  • ᴹ✶bélekā “mighty, huge, great” ✧ Ety/BEL
    • On. beleka “mighty, huge, great” ✧ Ety/BEL
    • N. beleg “great, large” ✧ Ety/BEL
    • ᴹT. belka “excessive” ✧ Ety/BEL
  • On. belda “strong” ✧ Ety/BEL
    • N. belt “strong in body” ✧ Ety/BEL
  • On. belle “strength” ✧ Ety/BEL
  • ᴹT. belda “strong” ✧ Ety/BEL
  • ᴹT. belle “(physical) strength” ✧ Ety/BEL

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/BEL; Ety/DING; Ety/STARAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Telerin

belda

adjective. strong

Cognates

  • N. belt “strong in body” ✧ Ety/BEL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BEL “strong” ✧ Ety/BEL
Middle Telerin [Ety/BEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

thegor

noun. chief

Gnomish [GL/72; LT1A/Cûm a Thegranaithos] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

turka

adjective. strong

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TURU “am strong”
Early Quenya [PE16/137] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tulka

adjective. strong

Changes

  • tulkatulka “steady, strong” ✧ PE16/137

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TULUKU “*steady, firm”
Early Quenya [PE16/137] Group: Eldamo. Published by