alagos

noun. storm of wind

alagos

noun. storm (of wind)

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “storm of wind”, an elaboration of N. alag “rushing” so perhaps “✱(lit.) rushing (of winds)” (Ety/ÁLAK). A similar (masculinized?) form appeared in the name N. Ancalagon “Biting-Storm” (Ety/NAK). Tolkien continued to use this name in later writings, but it was untranslated.

Derivations

• ᴹ√(A)LAK “swift, rushing” ✧ Ety/ÁNAK; Ety/NAK

Element in

• S. Ancalagon “Biting-Storm”
• N. Ancalagon “Biting-Storm” ✧ Ety/ÁLAK; Ety/ÁNAK; Ety/NAK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ÁLAK > alagon	[alakosse] > [alakoss] > [alagoss] > [alagos]	✧ Ety/NAK

Variations

• alagon ✧ Ety/ÁNAK; Ety/NAK

alagon

noun. storm