Rú noun "Drûg", Rúatan pl. Rúatani "Drúedain" (UT:385)
Quenya
rúatan
proper name. Wose, (lit.) Wose-man
Cognates
- S. Drúadan “Wose, (lit.) Wild-man” ✧ UT/385; UTI/Rú
Elements
Word Gloss Rú “Wose” Atan “Man, (lit.) the Second (People)”
Rú
drûg
rú
proper name. Wose
Given as the Quenya word for “Wose” (UT/385), most likely an adaptation of its Sindarin cognate S. Drû.
Cognates
Element in
- Q. Rúatan “Wose, (lit.) Wose-man” ✧ UT/385
The fuller the Quenya name for “Wose” (UT/385), a compound of the shorter name Rú “Wose” and Atan “Man”, so more literally: “Wose-man”. Most likely it was an adaptation of its Sindarin cognate S. Drúadan.