S. #-(r)on suf. “agental suffix” (Category: Doer, Agent)
A (masculine) agental suffix appearing as either -on or -ron. The -on variant is derived from ancient ✶-on(do), as seen in [N.] callon “hero” < ᴹ✶kalrondō (Ety/KAL). The -ron variant arose from the addition of ✶-on(do) to the ancient agental suffix ✶-ro after vowel losses made that suffix indistinct. This can be seen most clearly in [N.] thavron “carpenter” < [ON.] sthabro(ndo) < ᴹ✶stabrō (Ety/STAB). Other times the reduced -r became syllabic -or, as in [N.] tavor “woodpecker, [lit.] knocker” < tafr [tavr] < ᴹ✶tamrō (Ety/TAM).
Sometimes the suffix -(r)on was specifically masculine, as in Ellon vs. Elleth “Elf (m./f.)” and [N.] odhron vs. odhril “parent (m./f.)” (WJ/363; Ety/ONO). Other times it seems to be more neutral in meaning, as in pethron “speaker” or mellon “friend” (PE18/100). As a suffix in names, -on is only masculine.
Conceptual Development: The suffix G. -(r)on dates all the way back to the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, but in Early Noldorin Word lists of the 1920s, it usually appeared as ᴱN. -ion.
Reference ✧ PE17/170 ✧ -ron
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N. #-(r)on suf. “agental suffix” (Category: Doer, Agent)
References ✧ Ety/BAD, BARÁD, KHAT, MEL; EtyAC/MAK
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ᴱN. #-ion suf. “*agental suffix” (Category: Affix)
References ✧ PE13/136, 138, 143, 146, 149, 153, 158, 160-165
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G. #-(r)on suf. “agental suffix” (Category: Doer, Agent)
References ✧ GL/18, 21-22, 24, 28, 36, 41-42, 44, 47, 49, 57, 63, 69-70, 73
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