@@@ most clear in gaearon
Sindarin
-on
suffix. masculine suffix
-on
suffix. augmentative suffix
-on
ending referring to persons or animals
-on
a suffix which appeared in various later-formed names of regions
_ suff. _a suffix which appeared in various later-formed names of regions. >> -ion, Nanduhirion
-on
suffix. used in patronymics
-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.
-ion
suffix. -region, -land
@@@ appears in earlier names as Noldorized form of Ilk. genitive plural -ion.
-on(d)
suffix. -region, -land
-eth
ending referring to persons or animals
-(r)on
suffix. agental suffix
-a
suffix. [old] genitive suffix
-i
suffix. adjectival suffix
-or
suffix. agental suffix
-os
suffix. augmentative suffix
-oth
suffix. augmentative suffix
beleg
adjective. great, mighty
daer
adjective. great
eneth
noun. name
esta-
verb. to name
#dae
great
#dae (lenited nae, no distinct pl. form). Isolated from daedhelos "great fear". Note: Homophones mean "shadow, shade" and also "very, exceedingly".
beleg
great
beleg (mighty), lenited veleg, pl. belig
beleg
great
(mighty), lenited veleg, pl. belig
dae
great
(lenited nae, no distinct pl. form). Isolated from daedhelos "great fear". Note: Homophones mean "shadow, shade" and also "very, exceedingly".
daer
great
daer (large), lenited dhaer, no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "bridegroom", but has a different lenited form.
daer
great
(large), lenited dhaer, no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "bridegroom", but has a different lenited form.
eneth
name
(noun) eneth (pl. enith)
eneth
name
(pl. enith)
ess
noun. name
esta
name
(verb.) esta- (call) (i esta, in estar)
esta
name
(call) (i esta, in estar)
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.