Archaic Sindarin name of Q. Ossë, derived from the primitive name ✶Ossai (WJ/400). It was generally replaced by the more elaborate forms Gaerys or Yssion.
Sindarin
yssion
masculine name. Ossë
Cognates
- Q. Ossë ✧ WJI/Yssion; WJ/400
yssi
masculine name. Ossë
Cognates
- Q. Ossë ✧ WJ/400
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶Ossai > ossī > ussi > yssı̯ [ossai] > [ossī] > [ossi] > [ussi] > [yssi] > [yss] ✧ WJ/400 Variations
- yssı̯ ✧ WJ/400
gaerys
masculine name. Ossë
A Sindarin name for Ossë, a combination of gaer “dreadful” and a reduction of his ancient Sindarin name †Yssi (WJ/400). Tolkien stated that this name “was more often used by the inland Teleri”, who viewed this Maia with more awe and fear. Otherwise he was known as Yssion.
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, the Gnomish name of Ossë is G. Oth(a) (GL/18), perhaps derived from G. ô “sea” (GL/61). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, his Noldorin name is N. Aeros >> Oeros (Ety/GOS, EtyAC/GOS), perhaps a combination of N. oer “sea” and the root ᴹ√GOS “dread”.
Cognates
- Q. Ossë ✧ WJI/Gaerys; WJ/400
Elements
Word Gloss gaer “awful, fearful, awful, fearful, [N.] dreadful” Yssi “Ossë”
Yssion
oss
Ë (a Maia) Yssion, Gaerys (na **Aerys**), *Aeros (suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” Oeros, LR:359 s.v. GOS, GOTH)
yssion
ossë
Gaerys (na ’Aerys), ✱Aeros (suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” Oeros, LR:359 s.v. GOS, GOTH)
A Sindarin name of Q. Ossë, a combination of his archaic name †Yssi with the masculine suffix -on (WJ/400).