Q. Ambarto m. “*High and Lofty”

Q. Ambarto, m. “*High and Lofty”
A name that Fëanor gave his youngest son to replace his ominous-sounding mother-name Umbarto (PM/353-4). It is a compound of amba¹ “up” and a masculinized form of the adjective arata “exalted, lofty”, so perhaps meant: “*High and Lofty” (PM/353). It seems this name was Sindarized as S. Amrod.

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the name ᴹQ. Nambarauto “Hammerer of Copper” is given as the Qenya equivalent of his earlier name N. Damrod (Ety/NDAM, RAUTĀ).

References ✧ PM/353-354; PMI/Amrod; VT41/10

Related

Elements

amba¹ “up(wards)” ✧ PM/354
arata “high, noble, exalted, lofty” ✧ PM/354 (arta)

Cognates

ᴹQ. Nambarauto m. “Hammerer of Copper”

See Q. Ambarto for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/NDAM, RAUTĀ

Glosses

Elements

namba “hammer” ✧ Ety/NDAM
rauta “metal” ✧ Ety/RAUTĀ
ᴹ√(N)DAM “hammer, beat” ✧ Ety/RAUTĀ (NDAM)

Cognates