Q. Taniquetil loc. “High White Peak”
Tallest mountain in the world, where Manwë and Varda made their home (S/26). The name was adapted from its Valarin name of unknown meaning (PE17/168, 186), perhaps Val. Dahanigwishtilgūn (WJ/417). The Valarin name was altered to give it meaning as Quenya word. In Ancient Quenya, the name became ✶tār(a)-ninqui-tilte “High White Peak” (PE17/186). Taniquetil was thereafter interpreted as a compound of tar- (ta-) “high”, ninquë “white” (or niquë “cold, snow”) and tildë “point”, once its true origin was obscured.
Conceptual Development: This name dates back to the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/58), and ᴱQ. Taniqetil “Lofty Snowcap” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon, where it was a compound of ᴱQ. tá¹ “high” and ᴱQ. niqetil “snow cap” (QL/66, 86; LT1A/Taniquetil). ᴹQ. Taniqetil “High White Horn” appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a compound of ᴹ✶tāna “*high” (Ety/TĀ), ᴹQ. ninqe “white” (Ety/NIK-W) and ᴹQ. tilde “horn” (Ety/TIL). The concept of the Valarin origin of this name did not emerge until the 1950-60s (PE17/168, 186; WJ/416-7).
In The Etymologies, Tolkien indicated that its (ᴹQ) genitive form was Taniqetilden (Ety/TIL, EtyAC/TIL), so that its stem form would be Taniqetild-, which was also its stem form in the Qenya Lexicon (QL/87). In the 1950s, Tolkien gave its ancient form as ✶tār(a)-ninqui-tilte (PE17/186), perhaps indicating a stem form of Taniquetilt-. Since the later stem form of this name is unclear, I have omitted it in this entry.
References ✧ LotRI; MRI; PE17/26, 168, 186; PE21/86; PMI; RGEO/61; SA/til; SI/Taniquetil, White Mountain; TII; UTI; WJ/403, 416-417; WJI/Ras-Arphain, Taniquetil
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| tar-¹ | “high” | ||
| ninquë | “white; chill, cold; pallid” | ||
| tildë | “a fine sharp point” | ||
| niquë | “cold” | ✧ PE17/168 (nī̆que); PE17/168 (nī̆que) | |
| √TIL | “point, horn” | ✧ SA/til | |
Derivations
ᴹQ. Taniqetil (Taniqetild-) loc. “High White Horn”
References ✧ Ety/NIK-W, TĀ, TIL; LRI/Taniquetil; SDI2/Taniquetil; SMI/Taniquetil
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| Taniqetilden | genitive | ✧ Ety/TIL |
Elements
| ᴹ✶taʒna | “*high” | ||
| ninqe | “white” | ✧ Ety/NIK-W | |
| tilde | “spike, horn” | ✧ Ety/TIL | |
| ᴹ√TĀ/TAƷ | “high, lofty; noble” | ✧ Ety/TĀ (TĀ) | |
| ᴹ√NIK(W) | “*snow; white” | ✧ Ety/TĀ (NIK-W) | |
| ᴹ√TIL | “point, horn” | ✧ Ety/TĀ | |
Cognates
ᴱQ. Taniqetil (Taniqetild-) loc. “Lofty Snowcap”
References ✧ GL/29; LBI/Danigwethil, Tain-gwethil, Tengwethil; LT1/85; LT1A/Taniquetil; LT1I/Taniquetil; LT2A/Danigwiel; LT2I/Danigwiel, Taniquetil; PE13/103, 152; PE14/46, 78; PE15/22; PME/88; QL/87; SM/12, 80; SMI/Taingwethil
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| Taniqetildo | genitive | “of Taniqetil” | ✧ PE14/46; PE14/78 |
| Taniqetild- | stem | ✧ PME/88; QL/87 |
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| tá¹ | “high; high above, high up” | ✧ QL/87 (tā) | |
| niqetil | “snow cap” | ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil | |
| *ᴱ√DAHA | “*high” | ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil (TAHA) | |
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