-on

suffix. masculine suffix

A masculine suffix and ending in male names (PE17/43, 141; WJ/400), probably related to the masculine ending or agental suffix ✶-on(do) (NM/353; Ety/KAL). It becomes -or when following an n (PE17/141).

Conceptual Development: N. -on was often use as a male suffix in the Noldorin of the 1930s and 40s. In Gnomish of the 1910s, it seems G. -os was another common male suffix in words such as G. ainos “(male) god” from neuter G. ain “god” (GL/18) and G. hethos “brother” from neuter G. heth “✱sibling” (GL/48-49), though masculine G. -(r)on was still more common in this early period.

Cognates

• Q. -ndo “masculine agent”

Derivations

• ✶-on(do) “masculine ending”

Element in

• S. aphadon “follower”
• S. Astoron
• ᴺS. cirion “sailor, shipman”
• S. Daeron
• S. Ecthelion “?One with Sharp Will”
• S. Erchamion “One-handed”
• S. Firion “(Male) Mortal” ✧ WJ/387
• S. Galadhon
• S. Saelon
• S. tauron “forester”
• S. thalion “strong, dauntless, strong, dauntless; [N.] hero, dauntless man; [ᴱN.] warrior”
• S. Thennor “*Grey-Elf (m.)” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141
• S. Yssion “Ossë” ✧ WJ/400

Variations

• -on ✧ PE17/141; WJ/387; WJ/400
• -or ✧ PE17/141