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Early Quenya

silmo

masculine name. the Moon

Guardian of Silpion, one of the Two Trees, in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/73). In the Qenya Lexicon his name was glossed “the Moon” and given as a derivative of the root ᴱ√SILI (QL/83).

Cognates

  • G. Silma “*Moon” ✧ GL/67; LT1A/Silmo; PE14/013

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SILI “*gleam” ✧ LT1A/Sil; QL/083

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SILI > Silmo[silmō] > [silmo]✧ QL/083

Variations

  • silmo ✧ PE15/75
Early Quenya [GL/67; LT1A/Silmo; LT1I/Silmo; PE14/013; PE15/75; PME/083; QL/083; SMI/Silmo] Group: Eldamo. Published by