A word for a (male) child in The Etymologies of the 1930s added to its entry when the meaning of the root ᴹ√SEL-D was changed from “daughter” to “child” (Ety/SEL-D). It was written above its feminine equivalent ᴹQ. selde and an apparently neuter form ᴹQ. selda was written to the right, making seldo likely the masculine form as suggested by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne (EtyAC/SEL-D), hence = “✱boy”.
Qenya
aran
noun. king
Element in
- ᴹQ. ā laituva i·aran “(long[?]) live[?] [the] k[ing?]” ✧ PE22/106
- ᴹQ. aranaite “*kingly, royal”
- ᴹQ. aranyalle “*kingdom”
- ᴹQ. aran ie mólome “being a king is a burden” ✧ PE22/124
- ᴹQ. Nuaran “*West-king”
- ᴹQ. sinan Elessar Aran séra Arkimbelesse “at present King Elessar is at Rivendell” ✧ PE22/125
Variations
- aran ✧ PE22/106; PE22/124
- Aran ✧ PE22/125
aran
noun. child
Derivations
- ᴹ✶arān
Variations
- aran ✧ PE21/19
tár
noun. king
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. tar- “high; king or queen (in compounds)” ✧ Ety/TĀ
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶tārō > tár [tār] ✧ Ety/TĀ Variations
- tār ✧ LR/047
ména
noun. region
Derivations
- ᴹ√MEN “go, proceed” ✧ Ety/MEN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√MEN > ména [mēna] ✧ Ety/MEN
seldo
noun. child, child [m.], *boy
Derivations
- ᴹ√SEL(D) “child, child; *daughter” ✧ Ety/SEL-D
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SEL-D > seldo [seldo] ✧ Ety/SEL-D
This word first appeared as ᴱQ. ar (arn-) “child” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/32) and its stem form arn- appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/32). The word reappeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/135), but in the Early Noldorin Dictionary the Qenya form was given as arne. In the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, the word appeared as ᴹQ. aran (arn-) “child” (PE21/19), but there is no sign of it from this point forward, probably displaced by Q. aran “king”.