S. Anor n. “Sun” (Category: Sun)
The most common Sindarin name for the Sun derived from primitive ✶Anār, an augmented form of the root √NAR “fire” (PE17/38; Ety/ANÁR; SD/302-303, 306). The o is the result of ancient ā becoming au and then this au becoming o in polysyllables.
Conceptual Development: The term Anor was first mentioned in conjunction with early tales of Númenor (LR/41). It briefly appeared as N. {ánar >>} Anar “sun” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the entry for ᴹ√NAR¹ (Ety/NAR¹; EtyAC/NAR¹), but as Anor under ᴹ√ANÁR (Ety/ANÁR). In The Notion Club Papers of the 1940s it was Anor, archaic †Anaur (SD/302-303, 306) and it retained this form thereafter.
References ✧ LotRI; PE17/30, 38, 55; RC/297; SA/nár; SDI2/Anar; SI
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| √(A)NAR > anor | [anār] > [anǭr] > [anaur] > [anor] | ✧ PE17/38 |
N. Anor n. “Sun” (Category: Sun)
References ✧ Ety/ANÁR, NAR¹; EtyAC/NAR¹; LR/41; LRI/Anar, Anor; SD/303, 306; SDI2/Anar
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| ᴹ✶anār- > Anor | [anārǝ] > [anār] > [anǭr] > [anour] > [anaur] > [anor] | ✧ Ety/ANÁR |
| ᴹ✶Anār > Anaur > Anor | [anār] > [anǭr] > [anour] > [anaur] > [anor] | ✧ SD/303 |
| ᴹ✶Anār > Anaur > Anor | [anār] > [anǭr] > [anour] > [anaur] > [anor] | ✧ SD/306 |