Quenya
-ion
suffix. -son, masculine patronymic
Cognates
- S. -ion “-son” ✧ PE17/170
Derivations
Element in
- Q. Aldarion “*Son of Trees”
- Q. Anárion “*Son of the Sun”
- Q. Aranwion “Son of Aranwë”
- Q. Calion “*Son of Light”
- Q. Eldarion “*Son of the Eldar”
- Q. Eruion “*Son of God”
- Q. Falassion “*Shore-son”
- Q. Finwion “Son of Finwë”
- Q. Ilion
- Q. Ingwion “Son of Ingwë”
- Q. Isildurioni “Heirs of Isildur”
- Q. Lómion “Son of Twilight”
- Q. Súrion “*Wind-son”
- Q. Vinyarion “*New Son”
Elements
Word Gloss yondo “son, boy, son, boy; [ᴱQ.] male descendant, (great) grandson” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶-(i)ŏn/-(ĭ)ondo > -ion [-ion] ✧ PE17/170 Variations
- -ŏn ✧ PE17/170
- -on ✧ PE17/170
- -yon ✧ PE17/190
- -iondo ✧ PE17/190
The usual patronymic for “son of” in Quenya, suffixal form of Q. yondo “son” (PE17/170, 190). Tolkien occasionally mentioned variants like -on or -yon, but in practice only -ion appears in actual names.
Conceptual Development: This patronymic dates all the way back to Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/106) and was regularly mentioned in documents throughout the years such as the Early Qenya Grammar and English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s (PE14/45, 75; PE15/77), The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/YŌ) and Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 (PE17/170), always with a similar form, meaning and derivation from roots likes √YO(N). Thus it was very well established in Tolkien’s mind.