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Early Quenya

úrion

masculine name. Úrion

Another name Fionwe in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s and some other early name lists (QL/98; PE13/114; PE14/13). It was also glossed “phaethon”, which is Greek for “radiant, shining” and another name for Helios, god of the Sun, according to the editors of the Qenya Lexicon: Gilson, Hostetter, Wynne and Smith (QL/98). It is an elaboration of Ûr “Sun”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Ûr).

Cognates

  • G. Auros ✧ GL/18; GL/20; PE13/114; PE14/013

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ƷUÐU “*burn” ✧ QL/098

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√UŘU > Ūrion[ɣūðion] > [ɣūzion] > [ɣūrion] > [ūrion]✧ QL/098

Variations

  • Ûrion ✧ GL/18 (Ûrion)
  • Ūrion ✧ GL/20; PE13/114; PE14/013; QL/098
Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/20; LT1A/Ûr; PE13/114; PE14/013; QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by