úr(in)

proper name. Sun

A late remnant of earlier names for the Sun: ᴱQ. Ûr and ᴹQ. Úrin. In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, this name was changed from Úrin >> Naira >> Vása (MR/198), but the form Úr(in) occasionally appeared in some later writings (PE17/148, MR/377). This name was a derivative of the root √UR “heat, be hot” (PE17/148).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this name was ᴱQ. Ûr, Ur or Úri “Sun”, but literally meaning “Fire” (LT1/187, QL/98). The name became ᴹQ. Úrin in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/240). It was rejected in The Etymologies along with the root form ᴹ√UR, but reappeared sometimes in later writing as noted above.

Changes

• Úrin → Naira ✧ MR/198

Derivations

• √UR “heat, be hot” ✧ PE17/148

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√UR > Úrin	[ūrin]	✧ PE17/148

Variations

• Úrin ✧ MR/198 (Úrin); MRI/Úr; PE17/148
• Úr ✧ MR/377; MRI/Úr