Ed. Tuor m.
Son of Huor and father of Eärendil (S/148). His name was from the language of Atani but adapted into Sindarin (PM/348, 364 note #49).
Conceptual Development: This character was named G. Tuor when he first appeared in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/48), and kept this name thereafter, though sometimes it appeared in variant forms such as Tûr (LT2/202) or Turlin (SM/5). Christopher Tolkien suggested the earliest version of this name was probably associated with the root ᴱ√TURU “be strong” (LT1A/Tuor). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, N. Tuor was given the meaning “strength-vigour” and derived from primitive ᴹ✶Tūgore (Ety/TUG, GOR). In notes for the Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s Tolkien decided his name was adapted from his native language, as noted above.
References ✧ LotRI; Minor-Doc/1964-03-05; MRI; PM/348; PMI; SI; UTI; VT50/21; WJI
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N. Tuor m. “strength-vigour”
References ✧ Ety/GOR, TUG; LRI; SDI1/Tuor; SDI2/Tuor; SMI; TII; WRI
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| ᴹ✶Tūgore > Tuor | [tūgore] > [tūɣore] > [tūɣor] > [tuor] | ✧ Ety/GOR |
| ᴹ✶tūghor > Tuor | [tūgore] > [tūɣore] > [tūɣor] > [tuor] | ✧ Ety/TUG |
ᴱN. Tuor m.
References ✧ LBI; SMI/Tûr, Turlin
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G. Tuor m.
References ✧ GL/23; LT1A/Tuor; LT1I; LT2/202; LT2I/Tuor, Tûr; PE13/99, 101
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