N. Fannor m. “Cloud-lord”

N. Fannor, m. “Cloud-lord”

Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Fantur, surname of Mandos and Lórien, derived from the same primitive form ᴹ✶Spanturo (Ety/SPAN, TUR; EtyAC/SPAN). It also appears in its plural form Fennuir, Fennyr (Ety/SPAN, Ety/LEP). In an early (rejected) entry in The Etymologies it was glossed “cloud-lord” (EtyAC/SPAN).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, the surname of the Vala-brothers was G. Fanthor (GL/18, 34).

References ✧ Ety/LEP, SPAN, TĀ, TUR; EtyAC/SPAN

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Fennuir plural   ✧ Ety/LEP
Fennyr/Fennuir plural “Lórien and Mandos” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Elements

ᴹ√SPAN “white” ✧ Ety/TĀ
ᴹ✶tūrō “master, victor, lord” ✧ Ety/TĀ (turo); Ety/TUR

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Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶Spanturo > Fennyr/Fennuir [spanturo] > [spantur] > [spantʰur] > [spanθur] > [sɸanθur] > [ɸanθur] > [fanθur] > [fanθor] > [fannor] ✧ Ety/SPAN

G. Fanthor m.

References ✧ GL/18, 34; LT1A/Fanturi

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Inflections

Fánthorin plural ✧ GL/18
fanthawrin plural ✧ GL/34
i·Fanthaurin plural ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Fanturi

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