S. ion(n) n. “son” (Category: Son)
The usual word for “son” in Sindarin, derived from the root √YON of similar meaning (MR/373; SD/129; VT50/18; Ety/YŌ). Tolkien gave it as both ion and ionn.
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the word for “son” was G. bo or bon (GL/23). This became ᴱN. gó “son” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/144). Tolkien introduced N. ionn “son” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√YO(N) of the same meaning (Ety/YŌ), and seems to have stuck with it thereafter.
Neo-Sindarin: In later writings, Tolkien sometimes glossed its Quenya equivalents yondo or yonyo as “boy” (PE17/190; VT47/10, 27). Since we don’t have any good Sindarin words for “boy”, I’d use ionn for this purpose as well.
References ✧ AotM/62; MR/373; SD/129; VT50/18
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| ionnath | class-plural | “sons” | ✧ AotM/62; SD/129 |
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N. ionn n. “son” (Category: Son)
Reference ✧ Ety/YŌ ✧ “son”
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| ᴹ√YON > ionn | [jondo] > [jond] > [jonn] | ✧ Ety/YŌ |
ᴱN. gó n. “son” (Category: Son)
References ✧ PE13/144
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| gui | plural | ✧ PE13/144 |
| guin | plural | ✧ PE13/144 |
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