S. Huan m. “Great Dog, Hound”
The great hound who helped Beren and Lúthien against the forces of Morgoth (S/142). His name is derived from the same primitive form ᴹ✶khugan as ᴹQ. huan “hound” (Ety/KHUGAN). Given that he was originally a Valinorian hound, it is possible his Sindarin name is simply adopted from Quenya.
Conceptual Development: The name ᴱQ. Huan appeared in the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/21) and remained constant through all Tolkien’s later writing, though its language ultimately changed from Qenya to Sindarin. The name N. Huan appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s, which is the source of the derivation given above (Ety/KHUGAN).
References ✧ MRI; SI; WJI/Húan
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| huan | “great dog, hound” | ✧ SI/Huan |
N. Huan m. “hound”
References ✧ Ety/KHUGAN; LRI; RSI/Húan; SMI
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| huan | “hound” | ✧ Ety/KHUGAN |
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