-ion

son (of), descendant

-ion (patronymic ending) "son (of), descendant" (YŌ/YON, LT1:271, LT2:344). Not to be confused with the genitive ending -on when added to words with nominative plurals in -i, e.g. elenion "of stars" vs. eleni "stars".

-ion

suffix. -son, masculine patronymic

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.

Cognates

• S. -ion “-son” ✧ PE17/170

Derivations

• ✶-(i)ondo ✧ PE17/170
  • √YON “son”

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

-o

of goodness

-o (1) genitive ending, as in Altariello, Oromëo, Elenna-nórëo, Rithil-Anamo, Rúmilo, Lestanórëo, neldëo, omentielvo, sindiëo, Valinórëo, veryanwesto, q.v. In words ending in -a, the genitive ending replaces this final vowel, hence atto, Ráno, Vardo, vorondo as the genitive forms of atta, Rána, Varda, voronda (q.v.) Following a noun in -ië, the ending can have the longer form -no, e.g. *máriéno "of goodness" (PE17:59, but contrast sindiëo "of greyness" in PE17:72). Where the word ends in -o already, the genitive is not distinct in form, e.g. ciryamo (q.v.) = "mariner" or "mariners". Pl. -ion and -ron, q.v.; dual -to (but possibly -uo in the case of nouns that have nominative dual forms in -u rather than -t). The Quenya genitive describes source, origin or former ownership rather than current ownership (which is rather covered by the possessive-adjectival case in -va). The ending -o may also take on an ablativic sense, "from", as in Oiolossëo "from (Mount) Oiolossë" (Nam), sio "hence" (VT49:18). In some of Tolkiens earlier material, the genitive ending was -n rather than -o, cf. such a revision as Yénië Valinóren "Annals of Valinor" becoming Yénië Valinórëo (MR:200).

morion

son of the dark

morion noun "son of the dark" (LT1:261). In Fíriel's Song, Morion is translated "dark one", referring to Melko(r); this may be a distinct formation not including the patronymic ending -ion "son", but rather the masculine ending -on added to the adjective morë, mori- "dark".

ména

region

ména noun "region" (MEN). Not to be confused with the present/continuative tense of #men- "go".

yón

noun. region

Yón

son

Yón (1) noun "Son" (VT44:12, 17, referring to Jesus. Tolkien rewrote the text in question. Normally the Quenya word for "son" appears as yondo, which also refers to Jesus in one text.)

anon

son

anon noun "son" (PE17:170), possibly intended by Tolkien as a replacement for yondo.

anon

noun. son

A transient word for “son” in Notes on Names (NN) from 1957, written of above the more common yon-do (PE17/170).

vó

son

vó (actually spelt vô), also vondo, noun "son" (LT2:336; in Tolkien's later Quenya yondo)

yondo

son

yondo noun "son" (YŌ/YON, VT43:37); cf. yonya and the patronymic ending -ion. Early "Qenya" has yô, yond-, yondo "son" (LT2:342). According to LT2:344, these are poetic words, but yondo seems to be the normal word for "son" in LotR-style Quenya. Yón appears in VT44, 17, but Tolkien rewrote the text in question. In LT2:344, yondo is said to mean "male descendant, usually (great) grandson", but in Tolkien's later Quenya, yondo means "son", and the word is so glossed in LT2:342. Dative yondon in VT43:36 (here the "son" in question is Jesus). See also yonya. At one point, Tolkien rejected the word yondo as "very unsuitable" (for the intended meaning?), but no obvious replacement appeared in his writings (PE17:43), unless the (ephemeral?) form anon (q.v.) is regarded as such. In one source, yondo is also defined as "boy" (PE17:190).

Nólion

son of knowledge

Nólion (ñ?), second name of Vardamir Nólion (UT:210). Perhaps "son of knowledge", nólë (q.v.) + -ion "son", which ending displaces a final -ë (compare Aranwion "son of Aranwë", UT:50 cf. 32)

Yón

region, any (fairly extensive) region between obstacles such as rivers or mountains

yón (2), variant of yondë, q.v. Defined as "a region, any (fairly extensive) region _between obstacles such as rivers or mountains" (PE17:43)_

yondë

any fairly extensive region with well-marked natural bonds (as mountains or rivers)

yondë noun "any fairly extensive region with well-marked natural bonds (as mountains or rivers)", occurring as a suffix -yondë, -yon/-iondë, -ion in regional names. (PE17:43). Note: †yondë may also be an (archaic/poetic) past tense of the verb yor-, q.v.

yondë

noun. region, any fairly extensive region with well-marked natural bounds

Derivations

• √YON “wide, extensive” ✧ PE17/043

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√YŎNO > yōn	[jōn]	✧ PE17/043

Variations

• yōn ✧ PE17/043
• yonde ✧ PE17/043; PE17/043
• yon ✧ PE17/043

yonyo

son, big boy

yonyo noun "son, big boy". In one version, yonyo was also a term used in children's play for "middle finger" or "middle toe", but Tolkien may have dropped this notion, deciding to use hanno "brother" as the alternative play-name (VT47:10, 15, VT48:4)

-a

suffix. adjectival suffix

This suffix is frequently used to create the adjective form of a noun, especially in the form -ëa for nouns ending in -ë. This function dates back to CE. ✶-ā.

Derivations

• ✶-ā “adjectival”

Element in

• Q. airëa “holy (applied to persons)” ✧ PE17/149
• ᴺQ. aitalëa “reverent, worshipful, religious”
• Q. Aldëa “*Tuesday, Tree-day (Númenórean)”
• Q. amaurëa “dawn, early day, morning” ✧ MC/223
• Q. andúna “western”
• ᴺQ. aurëa “sunny, sunlit; *daytime”
• Q. endëa “middle”
• Q. eressëa “lonely” ✧ LotR/1116
• Q. fínëa “dexterous”
• Q. ilaurëa “*daily”
• Q. ilyarëa “*daily”
• Q. ilucara “omnificent” ✧ VT39/20
• Q. laurëa “golden (of hue)”
• Q. lillassëa “having many leaves”
• Q. lilótëa “having many flowers”
• Q. lómëa “shadowed, gloomy, shadowed, gloomy, *dusk-like”
• Q. mírëa “jewelled, jewelled, *gemmed”
• Q. nieninquëa “like a snowdrop” ✧ PE16/096
• Q. nöa “former; yesterday; tomorrow, yesterday; former, *previous; tomorrow”
• ᴺQ. nornolassëa “having oak-leaves”
• Q. núla “dark, occult, mysterious”
• Q. oialëa “eternal”
• Q. rávëa “roaring”
• Q. taurëa “forested”
• Q. túrëa “mighty, masterful, mighty, masterful, *having political power” ✧ PE17/115
• Q. úfanwëa “not veiled, unveiled”
• Q. úpahtëa “speechless”
• Q. vëa “seeming, apparent, seeming, apparent; [ᴱQ.] similar, like”
• Q. yaimëa “wailing”

-ion

suffix. -ion

suff. >> ian, -iann

-ion

suffix. used in patronimics

_ masc. suff. _used in patronimics. >> -en, -ien, -on

-ion

suffix. regional ending

_ suff. _regional ending. In older names, it usually applied only to a single feature (e.g.Sirion 'the Great Stream'). It was esp. applied to topographical features of large extent, esp. long, wide river, long (and wide) ranges. It was mostly used in post-Exilic times and so was probably partly due to Quenya influences. >> -on, Eregion, Nanduhirion, Sirion

-ion

suffix. -son

The usual Sindarin patronymic suffix, meaning “son of” (PE17/170; Ety/YŌ), a suffixal form of ion(n) “son”. It was occasionally used for “descendants”, especially as a class plural, as in Hurinionath “Descendants of Húrin” (PM/202).

Conceptual Development: In Gnomish, the prefix G. go- or gon- (suffixal -iod, -ion, -ios) was initially used with the meaning “son of” as in Gon Indor “✱Son of Indor” (LT2/217), but in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the prefix was revised to G. bo- or bon-, as in Tuor bo-Beleg, along with suffixal -von or -mon (GL/23, 40-41). Tolkien reintroduced suffixal N. -ion “son” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√YO(N) “son” (Ety/YŌ), and seems to have stuck with it thereafter.

Cognates

• Q. -ion “-son, masculine patronymic” ✧ PE17/170

Derivations

• ✶-(i)ondo ✧ PE17/170
  • √YON “son”

Element in

• S. Erchirion
• S. Ereinion “Scion of Kings”
• S. Galathilion “White Tree”
• S. Hurinionath “Descendants of Húrin”
• S. Inglorion “*Son of Inglor”
• ᴺS. sion “grandson”

Elements

Word	Gloss
ion(n)	“son, son, *boy”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶-(i)ŏn/-(ĭ)ondo > -(i)on	[-iondō] > [-iondo] > [-iond] > [-ionn] > [-ion]	✧ PE17/170

Variations

• -(i)on ✧ PE17/170

-ion

suffix. -region, -land

@@@ appears in earlier names as Noldorized form of Ilk. genitive plural -ion.

Derivations

• S. iaun “wide, extensive, large, roomy, vast, huge” ✧ PE17/042
  • ✶yānā “wide, large, extensive” ✧ PE17/042
  • √YAN “wide, extensive, large, vast, huge; extend” ✧ PE17/042; PE17/155; VT47/27
  • √YAN “wide, extensive, large, vast, huge; extend” ✧ PE17/099
• √YON “wide, extensive” ✧ PE17/043

Element in

• S. Calenardhon “Green Province” ✧ UT/318
• S. Dorthonion “Land of Pines”
• S. Eryd-wethion “Mountains of the Region of Shadows” ✧ PE17/042
• S. Eregion “Hollin, (lit.) Holly-region” ✧ PE17/037; PE17/042; PE17/042
• S. Gwinion “Young-land”
• S. Nanduhirion “Dimrill Dale, (lit.) Vale of (the Region of) Dim Streams” ✧ PE17/037; PE17/042; RC/269; RC/269
• S. Nan Gondresgion “Stonewain Valley”
• S. Region “*Hollin”
• S. Rhovanion “Wilderland”
• S. Sirion “Great River” ✧ PE17/042; PE17/042
• Un. Lamedon ✧ UT/318

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
S. -ı̯aun > -ion	[-jaun] > [-iaun] > [-ion]	✧ PE17/042

Variations

• (i)on ✧ PE17/037
• -ion ✧ PE17/042; PE17/042; PE17/043; PE17/115; RC/269
• ion ✧ PE17/043
• -ond ✧ UT/318

ion

noun. son

For the second meaning, cf. Hadorion, a Húrin's epithet in WJ/294, Hurinionath referring to the house of Húrin the Steward in PM/202-3,218, and Gil-Galad's epithet Ereinion, cf. also the gloss of the old Qenya cognate yondo "descendant of" in PE/12:106, or the use of the same suffix in later Quenya names such as Isildurioni and Anárioni "Heirs of Isildur (resp. Anárion)" in PM/192,196

ion

noun. scion, male descendant

For the second meaning, cf. Hadorion, a Húrin's epithet in WJ/294, Hurinionath referring to the house of Húrin the Steward in PM/202-3,218, and Gil-Galad's epithet Ereinion, cf. also the gloss of the old Qenya cognate yondo "descendant of" in PE/12:106, or the use of the same suffix in later Quenya names such as Isildurioni and Anárioni "Heirs of Isildur (resp. Anárion)" in PM/192,196

-ian

regional ending

pl1. -ien _ suff. _regional ending. -ien was often used of a single varied region (e.g.Anórien, Ithilien). Such words were still pl. with article (in Anórien). >> -iand, -ion

-ien

suffix. used in patronimics

_ fem. suff. _used in patronimics. >> -en, -ion, -on

iond

noun. son

For the second meaning, cf. Hadorion, a Húrin's epithet in WJ/294, Hurinionath referring to the house of Húrin the Steward in PM/202-3,218, and Gil-Galad's epithet Ereinion, cf. also the gloss of the old Qenya cognate yondo "descendant of" in PE/12:106, or the use of the same suffix in later Quenya names such as Isildurioni and Anárioni "Heirs of Isildur (resp. Anárion)" in PM/192,196

iond

noun. scion, male descendant

For the second meaning, cf. Hadorion, a Húrin's epithet in WJ/294, Hurinionath referring to the house of Húrin the Steward in PM/202-3,218, and Gil-Galad's epithet Ereinion, cf. also the gloss of the old Qenya cognate yondo "descendant of" in PE/12:106, or the use of the same suffix in later Quenya names such as Isildurioni and Anárioni "Heirs of Isildur (resp. Anárion)" in PM/192,196

-i

suffix. adjectival suffix

Derivations

• ✶-ya “adjectival suffix” ✧ VT42/10

Element in

• S. serni “shingle, pebble bank” ✧ VT42/10

-iand

regional ending

pl1. -iend _ suff. _regional ending. -ien(d) was often used of a single varied region (e.g.Anórien, Ithilien). >> -and, -ian, -ion

iôn

noun. son

iôn

masculine name. Son

A name that Eöl used for his son Maeglin while he was growing, which is simply ion(n) “son” used as a name (WJ/337).

Elements

Word	Gloss
ion(n)	“son, son, *boy”

-on(d)

suffix. -region, -land

gardh

noun. region

Cognates

• Q. arda “region, realm, particular land or region, region, realm, particular land or region; [ᴱQ.] place, spot” ✧ WJ/402

Derivations

• ✶gardā “region” ✧ WJ/402
  • ᴹ√GAR “keep, hold, possess; maintain, defend”

Element in

• S. Ard-galen “Green Region”
• S. Ardhon “The World”
• S. Calenardhon “Green Province”
• S. gardhon “province”
• S. Garthúrian “Hidden Realm”
• S. Lisgardh “Land of Reeds” ✧ UT/034

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶gardā > gardh	[gardā] > [garda] > [garða] > [garð]	✧ WJ/402

ion(n)

noun. son, son, *boy

The usual word for “son” in Sindarin, derived from the root √YON of similar meaning (MR/373; SD/129; VT50/18; Ety/YŌ). Tolkien gave it as both ion and ionn.

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the word for “son” was G. bo or bon (GL/23). This became ᴱN. gó “son” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/144). Tolkien introduced N. ionn “son” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√YO(N) of the same meaning (Ety/YŌ), and seems to have stuck with it thereafter.

Neo-Sindarin: In later writings, Tolkien sometimes glossed its Quenya equivalents yondo or yonyo as “boy” (PE17/190; VT47/10, 27). Since we don’t have any good Sindarin words for “boy”, I’d use ionn for this purpose as well.

Cognates

• Q. yondo “son, boy, son, boy; [ᴱQ.] male descendant, (great) grandson”

Derivations

• √YON “son”

Element in

• S. Arathornion “Arathorn’s son”
• S. ar Iorhael, Gelir, Cordof, ar Baravorn, ionnath dîn “and Frodo, Merry, Pippin and Hamfast his sons” ✧ AotM/062; SD/129
• S. Iôn “Son”
• S. -ion “-son”
• S. Narn Beren ion Barahir “*Tale of Beren son of Barahir” ✧ MR/373
• S. Túrin ion Húrin Túramarth “*Túrin son of Húrin, Túramarth” ✧ VT50/18

Variations

• ion ✧ MR/373; VT50/18

region

noun. holly-tree area

[HKF] reg (Dor. regorn “holly tree”) + ion (Dor. gen. pl. suffix) = Dor. Regornion [Etym. ERÉK-]

-en

suffix. used in patronimics

_ fem. suff. _used in patronimics. >> -ien, -ion, -on

ionnath

noun. all the sons

ardhon

noun. great region, province

ardhon

noun. world

gardh

noun. world

gardh

noun. bounded or defined region

iond

wj

pl. ynd, coll. pl. ionnath.

iôn

son

iôn (-ion) (descendant), pl. ŷn, coll. pl. #ionath_ isolated from Hurinionath (PM:202-3) as the name of the House of Húrin. (MR:373, WJ.337, PM:202-203, 218) _Also iond, pl. ynd, coll. pl. ionnath. DARK SON, see DARK ELF

iôn

son

(-ion) (descendant), pl. ŷn, coll. pl. #*ionath*** isolated from Hurinionath* (PM:202-3) as the name of the House of Húrin. (MR:373*

ardh

region

1) ardh (realm), pl. erdh, also in augmented form ardhon (great region, great province, world), pl. erdhyn, coll. pl. ardhonnath. 2) dôr (i nôr, construct dor) (dwelling place, land), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr) (WJ:413), 3) gardh (i **ardh) (bounded or defined place), pl. gerdh (i ngerdh = i ñerdh), 4) gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, people, wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith).

ardh

region

(realm), pl. erdh, also in augmented form ardhon (great region, great province, world), pl. erdhyn, coll. pl. ardhonnath.

dôr

region

(i nôr, construct dor) (dwelling place, land), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr) (WJ:413)

gardh

region

(i ’ardh) (bounded or defined place), pl. gerdh (i ngerdh = i ñerdh)

gwaith

region

(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, people, wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith).

gilwen

region of stars

(Quenya Ilmen), also Gilith. In the Etymologies, this word is derived from a root GIL (LR:358) and would then have the form ’Ilwen (’Ilwith) when lenited. But in a later source, Tolkien cited the relevant root as ÑGIL (MR:388), and the lenited form would then be Ngilwen (Ngilwith).

aran

king of a region

(pl. erain)

gardā

noun. region

Derivations

• ᴹ√GAR “keep, hold, possess; maintain, defend”

Derivatives

• Q. arda “region, realm, particular land or region, region, realm, particular land or region; [ᴱQ.] place, spot” ✧ WJ/402
• S. gardh “region” ✧ WJ/402

-ni

suffix. adjectival suffix

Seen in lugni < LUG, luini < LUY and ninkwi < NIKW (with subsequent metathesis). Possibly a (rare) variant of -nā and/or -i.

yon

root. son

This root was the basis for Elvish “son” words for much of Tolkien’s life. The earliest indications of this root are ᴱQ. †Y̯ó (or y̯ond-) “son” and ᴱQ. yondo “male descendant”, both tied to the patronymic suffix ᴱQ. -ion “son of, descendant of” appearing in many names (QL/106). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon there was also the related patronymic prefix G. go- (GL/40), which implies the existence of a root ✱ᴱ√YO(NO) since [[g|initial [j] usually became [g]]] in Gnomish. However, go- was deleted and changed to G. bo-, along with new Qenya forms ᴱQ. vô and ᴱQ. vondo (GL/23, 40), implying a change to a root ✱ᴱ√VO(NO).

In Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s, ᴱN. gó “son” reappeared along with ᴱQ. ion and yondi (PE13/144). In The Etymologies of the 1930s the root appeared as ᴹ√YŌ or ᴹ√YON “son” with derivatives like ᴹQ. yondo/N. ionn “son” and patronymic -ion (Ety/YŌ). However, in notes labeled “Changes affecting Silmarillion nomenclature” from the late 1950s, Tolkien wrote “Delete entirely yondo = ‘son’! Very unsuitable” (PE17/43). This particular note was rejected when Tolkien changed √YON “wide, extensive” to √YAN (PE17/42). Other notes in the same bundle indicate Tolkien was still seeking a new word for son, saying “Q wanted: son, daughter”, though yon(do) remained among the forms he was considering (PE17/170, 190).

However, it seems Tolkien eventually stopped vacillating and restored √YON, since the patronymic -ion was never discarded, and yon- was the basis for “son” words in notes from the late 1960s (VT47/26).

Derivatives

• ✶-(i)ondo
  • Q. -ion “-son, masculine patronymic” ✧ PE17/170
  • S. -ien “feminine ending” ✧ PE17/170
  • S. -ion “-son” ✧ PE17/170
• ✶yondō “son, boy” ✧ VT47/26
  • Q. yondo “son, boy, son, boy; [ᴱQ.] male descendant, (great) grandson”
• ᴺQ. yonta- “to adopt (a son)”
• Q. yonyo “(big) boy, son”
• S. ion(n) “son, son, *boy”

Element in

• ᴺQ. súyon “nephew, daughter’s son”
• Q. yontil “boy, son [finger name]”

Variations

• yō ✧ PE17/190
• yon ✧ PE17/190
• yon- ✧ VT47/26

-ya

suffix. adjectival suffix

Derivatives

• Q. -ëa “ordinal suffix” ✧ VT42/25
• Q. -ya “his, her, its (colloquial)” ✧ VT49/17
• S. -i “adjectival suffix” ✧ VT42/10
• S. -ui “-ful, having quality, adjective suffix; possibility, suitability [as verbal suffix], *-able” ✧ VT42/10; VT42/25; VT42/25

Element in

• ✶minya “first” ✧ VT42/25
• ✶otsōyā “seventh” ✧ VT42/25
• ✶-syā “his, her, its” ✧ VT49/17
• Q. lepenya “fifth” ✧ VT42/25
• Q. minya “first; eminent, prominent” ✧ VT42/25
• Q. nelya “third” ✧ VT42/25

Variations

• jā ✧ PE21/78
• -i ✧ PE21/81
• -jā̆ ✧ PE21/81
• -jā ✧ PE22/136; VT49/17
• -yā ✧ VT42/25
• ō-yā ✧ VT42/25
• ū-yā ✧ VT42/25

-ion

suffix. son

Cognates

• ᴹQ. -ion “-son” ✧ Ety/YŌ

Element in

• N. Ecthelion
• N. Inglorion

Variations

• -ion ✧ Ety/YŌ

-(i)on

suffix. adjectival suffix

Element in

• N. Tilion “Horned” ✧ Ety/TIL

Variations

• -ion ✧ Ety/TIL (-ion)

ionn

noun. son

For the second meaning, cf. Hadorion, a Húrin's epithet in WJ/294, Hurinionath referring to the house of Húrin the Steward in PM/202-3,218, and Gil-Galad's epithet Ereinion, cf. also the gloss of the old Qenya cognate yondo "descendant of" in PE/12:106, or the use of the same suffix in later Quenya names such as Isildurioni and Anárioni "Heirs of Isildur (resp. Anárion)" in PM/192,196

ionn

noun. scion, male descendant

For the second meaning, cf. Hadorion, a Húrin's epithet in WJ/294, Hurinionath referring to the house of Húrin the Steward in PM/202-3,218, and Gil-Galad's epithet Ereinion, cf. also the gloss of the old Qenya cognate yondo "descendant of" in PE/12:106, or the use of the same suffix in later Quenya names such as Isildurioni and Anárioni "Heirs of Isildur (resp. Anárion)" in PM/192,196

ionn

noun. son

Cognates

• ᴹQ. yondo “son” ✧ Ety/YŌ

Derivations

• ᴹ√YO(N) “son” ✧ Ety/YŌ

Element in

• N. -ion “son” ✧ Ety/YŌ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√YON > ionn	[jondo] > [jond] > [jonn]	✧ Ety/YŌ

-ion Reconstructed

suffix. -region, -land

Element in

• N. Dunhirion “?West Lord Land”
• N. Torfirion “Westermanton”
• N. Eredwethion “Shadowy Mountains”
• N. Eregion “Hollin”
• N. Rhovanion “Wilderland”