A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dog” derived from the root ᴹ√KHUG “bark, bay” (Ety/KHUGAN). It is probably one of the better known words for “dog” in Quenya, and was widely used in Helge Fauskanger’s NQNT (NQNT).
Qenya
huan
noun. hound, hound, [ᴱQ.] dog
Changes
huan→ huan “hound” ✧ Ety/KHUGANCognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KHUGAN > huan [kʰugan] > [xugan] > [xuɣan] > [xuan] > [huan] ✧ Ety/KHUGAN ᴹ✶khugan > huan [kʰugan] > [xugan] > [xuɣan] > [xuan] > [huan] ✧ Ety/KHUGAN
huo
noun. dog
Cognates
- N. hû “dog” ✧ Ety/KHUGAN
Derivations
- ᴹ√KHUG “bark, bay” ✧ Ety/KHUGAN
Element in
- ᴺQ. huolë “litter (of pups, cubs, etc.)”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KHUG > huo [kʰugo] > [xugo] > [xuɣo] > [xuo] > [huo] ✧ Ety/KHUGAN
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hound” derived from primitive ᴹ✶khugan under the root ᴹ√KHUG “bark, bay” (Ety/KHUGAN). It was followed a parenthetical form (húnen), likely a genitive, indicating a stem form of hún-. This word served as the basis for the name of the great Valinorian hound Huan.
Conceptual Development: The forms huan and {hwan >>} huan appeared in both the Qenya Lexicon and Qenya Phonology of the 1910s, but in both cases this word was revised to ᴱQ. fan (fand-) “dog” (QL/37; PE12/26). This word was derived from the early root ᴱ√SAẆA < sǝwǝ (QL/82) and primitive forms ᴱ✶swandǝ (PE12/26) or ᴱ✶swǝnd- (QL/82). The vacillation from huan to fan reflects Tolkien’s uncertainty on the development of initial sw- in Early Qenya, either to hw- > hu- or to f- (PE12/26 note #26). The form ᴱQ. huan (huand-) “dog” appeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/132). It appeared again in The Etymologies, with a new gloss “hound”, a revised derivation and a new stem form hún- (see above).