In the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s, given as the “mystic name of God [as the] 2nd person of Blessed Trinity” (QL/43), hence = “Christ”. It was derived from yó “son” (QL/106).
Early Quenya
ion
noun. son
Cognates
- En. gó “son” ✧ PE13/144
Derivations
- ᴱ√YO(NO) ✧ PE13/144
ion
masculine name. *Christ
Changes
INU→ ION ✧ QL/043Variations
- ION ✧ QL/043
- INU ✧ QL/043 (
INU)
-ion
suffix. -son
Element in
- Eq. Kalmaliondo “Son of Light” ✧ PE14/075
- Eq. Earendilyon “Son of Eärendel” ✧ LT2A/Indorion
- Eq. Indorion ✧ LT2A/Indorion
- Eq. Noldolion “descendant of the Gnomes” ✧ PE14/045
- Eq. Pelekkion
- Eq. Rúsitaurion “Son of the Weary Forest” ✧ LT2/089 (-ion)
- Eq. turillo “prince” ✧ QL/096
Elements
Word Gloss yó “son” Variations
- ios ✧ LT2A/go
- ion ✧ LT2A/go
- io ✧ LT2A/go
- -yon ✧ PE14/075
- yon ✧ PE15/77
fion
noun. son
A word glossed {“nephew” >>} “son” in an isolated entry of the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with stem form fiond- (QL/37). The same word appeared unglossed under the early root ᴱ√SUẈU where it was derived from primitive ᴱ✶þẉ-iı̯on-d (QL/87).
Derivations
- ᴱ✶þẉ-iı̯on-d ✧ QL/087
- ᴱ√SUẈU “*feminine patronymic” ✧ QL/087
Element in
- Eq. Fionwe ✧ LT1A/Fionwë; QL/038
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶þẉ-iı̯on-d > fion [θwijond] > [swijond] > [swiond] > [fiond] > [fion] ✧ QL/087 Variations
- Fion ✧ LT1A/Fionwë; QL/038
hilmo
noun. son
hilu
noun. son
A word for “son” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants hilu and hilmo under the early root ᴱ√HILI (QL/40), both variants also appearing in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/40).
Derivations
- ᴱ√HILI “*youth, offspring” ✧ QL/040
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√HIL > hilu [xilū] > [xilu] > [hilu] ✧ QL/040 Variations
- hilmo ✧ PME/040; QL/040; QL/106
vondo
noun. son
Cognates
- G. bo(n) “son” ✧ GL/23; LT2A/bo
Derivations
- ᴱ√VO(NO) “son”
Variations
- vô ✧ GL/23; LT2A/bo
vô
noun. son
yon
noun. son
yó
noun. son
Derivations
- ᴱ√YO(NO)
Element in
Variations
- yô ✧ LT2A/go; LT2A/Indorion (yô)
- Yon ✧ QL/043
- yon ✧ QL/087 (yon)
- Y̯ó ✧ QL/106 (Y̯ó)
-yon
suffix. -son
-n
suffix. genitive suffix
Cognates
- G. -n “genitive suffix” ✧ GG/10
Element in
- Eq. unlunke naiqe yu vaile·na ar elle ha men ambostuva “*he pulled his sword from the sheath and drove it into the breast” ✧ PE16/146
Variations
- -n ✧ GG/10
- na ✧ PE16/146
-o
suffix. genitive ending
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ✶-ō ✧ GG/10; GG/10
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶-i + ō + n > ion [-iōn] > [-ion] ✧ GG/10 ᴱ✶ō > -o [-ō] > [-o] ✧ GG/10
man
pronoun. who
Derivations
- ᴱ√MA “root of indef[inite]”
Element in
- Eq. man kiluva kirya ninqe? “Who shall see a white ship?” ✧ MC/213; MC/213
- Eq. man kiluva lómi sangane? “Who shall see the clouds gather?” ✧ MC/214
- Eq. hui oilima man kiluva “Who shall see the last evening?” ✧ MC/214
- Eq. man tenuva súru laustane? “Who shall hear the wind roaring?” ✧ MC/213
- Eq. máno kiluvando ninqe lutya kirya wilwarindon “*who shall see a white ship sailing like a butterfly” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. man tiruva rusta kirya? “Who shall heed a broken ship?” ✧ MC/214
Variations
- maano ✧ PE16/077
In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. Ion was the “mystic name of God, 2nd Person of Blessed Trinity”, that is the “Son” in the “Father, Son, Holy Ghost” trinity (QL/43). In that document yon or yond- was given in a couple of places as (archaic?) words for “son” (QL/43, 106). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, Tolkien gave ion as the equivalent of ᴱN. gó “son”, along with a plural form yondi (PE13/113). However, in the English-Qenya Dictionary Tolkien said yondi was an irregular plural form of ᴱQ. yondo “son” (PE15/77), and this is the form he typically used in later writings.