Q. Ulmo m. “Pourer”
A Vala, Lord of the Waters (S/26). This name was originally derived from his Valarin name or title Ul(l)ubōz (WJ/400). Later it was interpreted as a combination of the root √UL “pour” and the agental suffix -mo, thus meaning “Pourer”, and this interpretation influenced its final Quenya form (WJ/401).
Conceptual Development: The name ᴱQ. Ulmo appeared in the earliest Lost Tales as a replacement for very early ᴱQ. Linqil (LT1/58, 61), and the name kept this form in all of Tolkien’s later writings. At the earliest stage, ᴱQ. Ulmo appeared in the Qenya Lexicon as a derivative of the root ᴱ√ULU¹ “pour, flow fast”, and in The Etymologies from the 1930s the name ᴹQ. Ulmo still had this derivation, from the root ᴹ√ULU “pour, flow”. The idea that his name was derived from Valarin did not emerge until the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 (WJ/400), but Tolkien retained the earlier derivation of his name as a false etymology.
References ✧ MRI; PE21/80; PMI; SI; UTI; WJ/400; WJI
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| Ulmóva | possessive; prosodic-lengthening | “Ulmo’s” | ✧ PE21/80 |
Elements
| √UL | “pour (out), flow” |
| -mo | “agental suffix” |
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| Val. Ul(l)ubōz > Ulmo | [ulubōz] ? [ulmo] | ✧ WJ/400 |
ᴹQ. Ulmo m.
References ✧ Ety/LEP, ULU; LRI; PE19/60; PE22/22; SDI2/Ulmo; SMI
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| Ulmon | genitive | ✧ Ety/LEP |
| Úlmōn | genitive | ✧ PE19/60 |
| Ulmṓva | possessive; prosodic-lengthening | ✧ PE19/60 |
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| ᴹ✶Ulumō > Ulmo | [ulumō] > [ulmō] > [ulmo] | ✧ Ety/ULU |
| ᴹ✶Ulmṓ > Úlmō | [ulmō] > [ulmo] | ✧ PE19/60 |
| ᴹ✶Ulmṓvā > Ulmṓva | [ulmōvā] > [ulmōva] | ✧ PE19/60 |
| ᴹ✶Ulmṓn > Úlmōn | [ulmōn] > [ulmon] | ✧ PE19/60 |
ᴱQ. Ulmo m. “Valon of the Seas”
References ✧ GL/18, 22, 43; LB/93; LBI/Gulma, Ulmo, Ylmir; LT1/61; LT1A/Uin, Ulmo; LT1I; LT2A/Ulmonan; LT2I; PE13/101; PE14/12; QL/97; SM/13; SMI/Ylmir
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