Q. Finwë m.

Q. Finwë, m.

The first lord of the Noldor (S/52). His name is an ancient compound of uncertain meaning. Its final element is the suffix -wë common in ancient names (PM/340). Its initial element is probably derived from the root √PHIN¹ “clever, skillful” (PE17/17, Ety/PHIN), though it was sometimes affiliated with derivatives of the root √SPIN(ID) “fine thread, filament; hair” (PE17/17, 119) after it developed in Common Eldarin into phin- (PM/340).

His name appears as an element in the Quenya names of many of his children and grandchildren, either incorporated directly or alluded too via the element findë “hair” < √SPIN(ID), as in Findecáno (PM/345). In the Sindarin names of his descendants, the element S. fin also alluded to his name (VT41/10).

Conceptual Development: This name appears in the earliest Lost Tales in exactly the same form, though ᴱQ. Finwe was not at first the father of Feanor (LT1/115, 145). Christopher Tolkien suggested the earliest form of this name was derived from the root ᴱ√FINI “*cunning” (LT1A/Finwë). In The Etymologies, the name ᴹQ. Finwe is given as an ancient combination of the roots ᴹ√PHIN and ᴹ√WEG (Ety/PHIN, WEG), basically the same as its later derivation.

References ✧ MR/217, 230, 258; MRI; PE17/17, 39, 118; PM/340, 343-344, 353, 365; PMI; RSI; SI; UTI; VT41/10; WJI

Related

Elements

PHIN¹ “clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity” ✧ PE17/17
-wë “ancient name suffix (usually but not always masculine)” ✧ PM/340
SPIN(ID) “fine thread, filament; hair” ✧ PM/340 (fin-)

Element In

Cognates


ᴹQ. Finwe m.

See Q. Finwë for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/PHIN, WEG; EtyAC/PHIN; LRI/Finwë; PE21/1, 41; PE22/20; SMI/Finwë

Variations

Related

Inflections

Finwénen instrumental; prosodic-lengthening ✧ PE21/41
[Fin]wéva possessive; prosodic-lengthening ✧ PE21/41

Elements

ᴹ√PHIN “nimbleness, skill” ✧ Ety/PHIN; Ety/WEG
-we² “abstract suffix” ✧ Ety/WEG
ᴹ√WEG “(manly) vigour” ✧ Ety/PHIN
-we¹ “masculine suffix” ✧ PE21/1

Cognates

Derivations


ᴱQ. Finwe m.

See Q. Finwë for discussion.

References ✧ LBI/Finn, Finwë, Finweg; LT1A/Finwë; LT1I/Finwë; SM/13, 85; SMI/Finn

Related

Elements

-we²

Element In

Cognates

Derivations