iaur (“ancient, old”) + sael (“wise”)
Sindarin
iorhael
masculine name. Frodo
Element in
- S. ar Iorhael, Gelir, Cordof, ar Baravorn, ionnath dîn “and Frodo, Merry, Pippin and Hamfast his sons” ✧ AotM/062; SD/129
Elements
Word Gloss iaur “old, old; [N.] ancient, olden” sael “wise”
Iorhael
noun. old-wise (Frodo)
Iorhael
Iorhael
The meaning is "old-wise" and comes from iaur and sael.
daur
masculine name. Frodo
A Sindarin name for Frodo, used in the Praises of Cormallen (LotR/953, Let/448). It apparently means “wise” (Tolkien’s gloss is unclear), a derivative from Primitive Elvish ✶dāra (PE17/102). Compare this to Iorhael, a Sindarin translation of the name of Sam’s son Frodo, used in the King’s Letter.
Derivations
- ✶dāra “wise” ✧ PE17/102
Element in
- S. Daur a Berhael, Conin en Annûn “Frodo and Sam, princes of the west” ✧ Let/448; LotR/0953
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶dāra > Daur [dāra] > [dǭra] > [daura] > [daur] ✧ PE17/102
A Sindarin translation of the name of Sam’s son Frodo appearing in Tolkien’s unpublished epilogue to The Lord of the Rings and in the King’s Letter (SD/126, 129), distinct from Frodo Baggin’s Sindarin name: Daur. The name of Sam’s son appears to be a combination of the prefixal form ior- of iaur “old” and the lenited form of sael “wise”, also seen in the Sindarin translation of the name Samwise (Halfwise): Perhael.
Conceptual Development: In earlier versions of the epilogue the name appeared as N. Iorhail (SD/117), which seems to contain an earlier word N. sail “wise” based on Noldorin phonology: see N. [[n|[ai] revised to [ae]]].