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Q. -ion suf. “-son, masculine patronymic” (Category: Son)

Q. -ion, suf. “-son, masculine patronymic” (Category: Son)

The usual patronymic for “son of” in Quenya, suffixal form of Q. yondo “son” (PE17/170, 190). Tolkien occasionally mentioned variants like -on or -yon, but in practice only -ion appears in actual names.

Conceptual Development: This patronymic dates all the way back to Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/106) and was regularly mentioned in documents throughout the years such as the Early Qenya Grammar and English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s (PE14/45, 75; PE15/77), The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/YŌ) and Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 (PE17/170), always with a similar form, meaning and derivation from roots likes √YO(N). Thus it was very well established in Tolkien’s mind.

References ✧ PE17/170, 190

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yondo “son, boy” suffix

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-(i)ŏn/-(ĭ)ondo > -ion [-ion] ✧ PE17/170

ᴹQ. -ion suf. “-son” (Category: Son)

See Q. -ion for discussion.

Reference ✧ Ety/YŌ ✧ “son”

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ᴹ√YON > -ion [-ion] ✧ Ety/YŌ

ᴱQ. -ion suf. “-son” (Category: Son)

See Q. -ion for discussion.

References ✧ LT1A/Urwen; LT2/89; LT2A/go, Indorion; PE14/45, 75; PE15/77; QL/96, 103, 106

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-iond- stem ✧ PE14/75
-yond- stem ✧ PE14/75

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“son” ✧ LT2A/Indorion (†); QL/106 (†Y̯ó)
yondo “son, male descendant, (great) grandson” ✧ PE14/45

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