S. círdan n. “shipbuilder, shipwright” (Category: Ship)
A Sindarin word for “shipbuilder” or “shipwright”, most notably used as a name for Círdan of the same meaning (LotR/240; PE17/27). It was clearly a combination of cair “ship” [< ✶kiryā] and tân “builder, wright”. The Etymologies of the 1930s instead had N. cirdan “shipbuilder” with a short i (Ety/KIR), while the name was given as N. C(e)irdan [containing N. ceir “ship”] making its etymology clear (Ety/TAN). Cirdan’s name appeared with either a short i or long í in Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s (WR/76; SD/67).
Conceptual Development: The first version of the Tengwesta Qenderinwa (TQ1) of the 1930s had another word N. ciriaeth “shipwright” derived from ᴹ✶kirya-k’tō (PE18/62), but it was never used as a name.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I think both círdan and ciriaeth can coexist, with the círdan referring to the principle designer or builder of the ship, and ciriaeth for other workers helping build the ship.
Reference ✧ PE17/27 ✧ Círdan “shipbuilder”
Elements
| cair | “ship” | ||
| #tân | “builder, smith, wright, artificer” | soft-mutation | ✧ PE17/27 (#dan) |
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Cognates
N. cirdan n. “shipbuilder” (Category: Ship)
Reference ✧ Ety/KIR ✧ “shipbuilder”
Elements
| ceir | “ship” | ✧ Ety/KIR | |
| #tân | “builder, smith” | soft-mutation | ✧ Ety/KIR (#dan) |
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