S. **Finu m.

S. **Finu, m.

A hypothetical Sindarin form of the name of Finwë, though it was never used (PM/344).

Conceptual Development: In Early Noldorin of the 1920s, the equivalent name was first given as Finweg (LB/6), but this name was soon reassigned to Fingolfin’s son (LB/21, note #29), and the Gnomish equivalent of Finwe became Finn (LB/133, 137-8). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the name of Finwe was the same in both Quenya and Noldorin, and its true Noldorin equivalent Finw, pronounced [finu], was unused (Ety/PHIN, WEG). This remained true in Sindarin as well (PM/344).

Reference ✧ PM/344

Cognates


N. Finwe m.

See S. **Finu for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/PHIN, WEG; EtyAC/WEG

Variations

Related

Elements

-we “masculine suffix”

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ON. Phinwe > **Finw [pʰinwē] > [pʰinwe] > [ɸinwe] > [finwe] > [finw] > [finu] ✧ Ety/PHIN

ᴱN. Finn m.

References ✧ LBI; LRI; SM/13, 85; SMI

Cognates