Araw

Orome

_ theon. _Q. Orome.

Araw

theology. Orome

theon. Q. Orome. See also the etymology Áraw < Aráw < Oráw (PE17:99).

Araw

theology. Orome

theon. Q. Orome.

araw

masculine name. Oromë

The Sindarin name of Oromë (LotR/1039), a derivation of his Valarin name Arǭmēz (WJ/400).

Possible Etymology: Tolkien considered several different derivations of this name. In The Etymologies of the 1930s and in some later writings, the name was derived from primitive ᴹ✶Orǭmē (Ety/ORÓM; PE17/99, 153), but in these derivations it is unclear how the initial element of his Sindarin name developed from O into A.

Later, Tolkien decided that his name developed from Val. Arǭmēz (PE17/138, WJ/400), making the initial A in the Sindarin name easier to explain. In the case of his Quenya name, the initial A changed to O by association with the Quenya root √ROM “noise of horns” (WJ/400).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, the cognate of Orome was given as G. Orma (GL/63). In the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s, it appeared as G. Ormain >> Ormaid, both rejected and replaced by (unrelated) Tavros (LB/195).

In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the Noldorin name of Orome appeared first as (rejected) N. Goru (EtyAC/GÓROM), then Araw (Ety/ORÓM). In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, his name was written as (incomplete and rejected) Ramr... before being immediately changed to Araw (WR/292). This remained his Sindarin name thereafter.

Cognates

• Q. Oromë “Horn-Blowing” ✧ LotR/1039; LotRI/Oromë; MRI/Araw; PE17/096; PE17/099; PE17/138; PE17/153; PM/358; PMI/Araw; PMI/Oromë; SI/Oromë; WJI/Araw; WJ/400; WJI/Oromë
• north S. Arum “Oromë” ✧ WJI/Araw

Derivations

• ✶Orǭmē “Orome” ✧ PE17/099; PE17/153
  • √ROM “horn noise, horn noise; [ᴹ√] loud noise” ✧ PE17/153
• Val. Arǭmēz “Oromë” ✧ PE17/138; WJ/400

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶Oromē > Orom̆ > Orow̯ > Araw	[oromē] > [orome] > [orom] > [orov] > [orou] > [orau] > [arau]	✧ PE17/099
✶Orǭmē > Oraúmh > Araúv > Áraw	[orǭmē] > [orǭme] > [oraume] > [oraum] > [orauv] > [arauv] > [arau]	✧ PE17/153
Val. Arǭmēz > arāmē/arǭmæ > araum(a) > araum̌/arauv > Araw	[arǭmēz] > [arāmē] > [arāme] > [arǭme] > [araume] > [araum] > [arauv] > [arau]	✧ WJ/400

Variations

• Oráw ✧ PE17/099 (Oráw)
• Áraw ✧ PE17/099; PE17/153

Araum

theology. Orome

theon. Q. Orome.

Araw

orom

Ë Araw, also called Tauron (na Dauron, o Thauron). Other names: Galadhon (na **Aladhon) or Tauros (na Dauros, o Thauros**)

araw

oromë

also called Tauron (na Dauron, o Thauron). Other names: Galadhon (na ’Aladhon) or Tauros (na Dauros, o Thauros)