What the Quenya name of Altáriel (S. Galadriel) would have been if it had been coined in Quenya instead of adapted from Telerin (PM/347). This name is a compound of nalta “radiance, glittering reflection” and riel(lë) “garlanded maiden”. See S. Galadriel and ✶Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle for further discussion.
Quenya
altáriel
feminine name. Galadriel
Changes
Altariel(le)→ Kaltariel(le) “woman crowned with radiance” ✧ PE17/050altáriel→ kaltáriel ✧ PE17/050Cognates
Derivations
- T. Alatáriel “Galadriel” ✧ PM/347
- ✶Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle “maiden crowned with a garland of radiance” ✧ NM/353; NM/353; PE17/060
- ✶Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle “maiden crowned with a garland of radiance” ✧ MR/182; PE17/050; PE17/050
Derivatives
- S. Galadriel “Glittering-garland” ✧ PM/347
Element in
- Q. Altariello nainië Lóriendesse “Galadriel’s lament in Lórien” ✧ RGEO/58
Elements
Word Gloss alata “radiance, glittering reflection” riel(lë) “garlanded maiden, maiden crowned with a festive garland” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶galata-rīg-elle > Altariellë [galatarīgelle] > [galtarīgelle] > [ɣaltarīɣelle] > [altarielle] ✧ MR/182 ✶galatā-rigellē̆ > altáriel [galatarīgelle] > [ɣalatārīgell] > [galtārīgell] > [ɣaltārīɣell] > [altāriell] > [altāriel] ✧ PE17/050 ✶alatā-rigellē̆ > Altariel(le) [galatārīgelle] > [galtārīgelle] > [ɣaltārīɣelle] > [altārielle] ✧ PE17/050 ✶alatā-rigellē̆ > altáriel [galatārīgelle] > [ɣaltārīɣelle] > [ɣaltārīɣelle] > [altārielle] ✧ PE17/050 Variations
- Altariellë ✧ MR/182; MRI/Altariellë
- Alatáriel ✧ NM/346
- Altariel(le) ✧ PE17/050 (
Altariel(le)); PE17/050; PE17/169- altáriel ✧ PE17/050 (
altáriel); PE17/050- Altariel ✧ PM/347; PMI/Galadriel
- Al(a)táriel ✧ SA/kal; UTI/Al(a)táriel
naltariel
feminine name. Galadriel
Cognates
Derivations
- ✶Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle “maiden crowned with a garland of radiance” ✧ PE17/060
Elements
Word Gloss nalta “radiance, glittering reflection” riel(lë) “garlanded maiden, maiden crowned with a festive garland” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ñgal(a)tā-rig-el- > Ñaltariel [ŋgalatārīgel] > [ŋgaltārīgel] > [ŋgaltārīɣel] > [ŋaltārīɣel] > [ŋaltāriel] > [naltāriel] ✧ PE17/060 Variations
- Naldariel(lle) ✧ PE17/059
- Ñaltariel ✧ PE17/060; PM/347
The Quenya name of Galadriel, an adaptation of the Telerin name Alatáriel (UT/266, PM/347). See the entry on Galadriel for further discussion of this name’s history, and ✶Ñ(g)alatā-rigelle for a discussion of the conceptual development of its etymology.