Sindarin
finellach
masculine name. ?Flame of Hair and Eye
Changes
Finhenlach→ Finellach ✧ PM/351Finlachen→ Finhenlach ✧ PM/351Elements
Word Gloss fîn “(single) hair, filament” hen(d) “eye” lach “(leaping) flame” Variations
- Finhenlach ✧ PM/351 (
Finhenlach)- Finlachen ✧ PM/351 (
Finlachen)- Finellach/Finhenlach/Finlachen ✧ PMI/Gil-galad
Another title or name for Gil-galad, (PM/351), perhaps a combination of fîn “hair” and lach “flame”. David Salo suggested the middle element is hen “eye”, so that the name means something like “Flame of Hair and Eye” (GS/349).
Conceptual Development: This name was first written Finlachen, changed to Finhenlach and finally Finellach; these preliminary forms support Salo’s theory that the middle element is hen (PM/351).