Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : BOR(ON)

ᴹ√BOR(ON) root. “endure”

ᴹ√BOR(ON) root. “endure”: ᴱ√PERE “*endure”

The root ᴹ√BOR “endure” along with its extended form ᴹ√BORON appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s along with various derivatives having to do with endurance, faithfulness and everlastingness (Ety/BOR, BORÓN). It was simply a later version of the root ᴱ√VORO from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, unglossed but clearly of a similar meaning based on its Qenya and Gnomish derivatives like ᴱQ. voronda “faithful”, ᴱQ. vorima “everlasting” and G. bron(n) “steadfast, firm” (QL/102; GL/23-24).

Similar forms like Q. voronda or vórima “faithful” continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writing (UT/317). The well established names Q. Voronwë or S. Bronwe(g) “Steadfast, Faithful” retained the same basic form and meaning throughout Tolkien’s life, testifying to the enduring nature of the Elvish root for “endurance”.

References ✧ Ety/BOR, BORÓN, MIR, WEG; EtyAC/WAR, WEG

Glosses

“endure” ✧ Ety/BOR (BOR)

Variations

BOR ✧ Ety/BOR; Ety/MIR; EtyAC/WAR
BORÓN ✧ Ety/BORÓN
BORON ✧ Ety/WEG

BOR opposite of WAR “give way, yield, not endure, let down, betray” ✧ EtyAC/WAR
ᴱ√PERE “*endure” in sense “endure” was perhaps replaced by BOR(ON) “endure”

Changes

BORÓN »» BORON ✧ EtyAC/WEG

Inflections

BORÓN

extension

✧ Ety/BORÓN

Derivatives

> Ad. abâr “strength, endurance, fidelity”
- ⇒ Ad. Abarzâyan
- ⇒ Ad. Zen’nabâr “Land of Gift”
⇒ Ilk. Elvrûn
> ᴹ✶boron- ✧ Ety/BOR; Ety/BORÓN
- > Ilk. boron “steadfast; trusty man, faithful vassal” ✧ Ety/BOR
  - ⇒ Ilk. Elboron “*Steadfast Star” ✧ Ety/BOR
- > ON. boron “steadfast; trusty man, faithful vassal” ✧ Ety/BOR
  - > N. bôr “steadfast; trusty man, faithful vassal” ✧ Ety/BOR; Ety/BOR
    - ⇒ 8 compounds
  - ⇒ ON. Boronmīro ✧ Ety/BOR
    - ⇒ [see above]
  - ⇒ ON. Bronwega
    - ⇒ [see above]
  - ⇒ S. Borondir “?Steadfast-man”
> ᴹ✶b’rōnā ✧ Ety/BORÓN
- > ON. brūna “that has long endured, old” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
  - > N. brûn “old (has long endured)” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
> ᴹQ. vóre “lasting” ✧ EtyAC/BOR
- ⇒ ᴹQ. vórea “continuous, enduring, lasting; continuant”
> ᴹQ. vórea “continuous, enduring, lasting; continuant” ✧ EtyAC/BOR
> ᴹQ. vórima “continuous, enduring, repeated” ✧ Ety/BOR
> ᴹQ. voro “ever, continually” ✧ Ety/BOR
- ⇒ 6 compounds
> ᴹQ. voronwa “enduring, long-lasting” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
- ⇒ ᴹQ. voronwie “endurance, lasting quality”
⇒ ᴹQ. Voronwe “Steadfast, Faithful” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
> ᴹQ. voronwie “endurance, lasting quality” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
> N. borth “[unglossed]” ✧ Ety/BOR
- ⇒ N. Borthandos “*Steadfast-intelligence” ✧ Ety/BOR
⇒ N. Bronwe
> N. bronwe “endurance”
> ᴺQ. !vor- “to endure, survive”
> ᴺQ. !voron(do) “trusty man, faithful vassal”
> ᴺQ. !vorta- “to preserve, make lasting”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !vortalë “preservation, maintenance”
> ᴺQ. voruva “age long”
> ᴺS. brond “firm, [G.] steadfast, *faithful, constant”
- ⇒ ᴺS. !bronnas “steadfastness, constancy”
⇒ ᴺS. cuilvorn “lifetime”
⇒ ON. Boronmīro ✧ Ety/MIR
- > N. Boromir ✧ Ety/BOR
> ON. bron- “to last, endure, survive” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
- > N. brenia- “to endure” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
- > N. brona- “to last, survive” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
  - ⇒ N. bronadui “enduring, lasting” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
  - ⇒ ᴺS. !bronad “survival”
⇒ ON. Bronwega ✧ Ety/BORÓN; Ety/WEG
- > N. Bronwe ✧ Ety/BORÓN; Ety/WEG
> Q. voronda “faithful, steadfast (in allegiance, in keeping oath or promise)”
⇒ Q. Voronwë “Steadfast, Faithful”
> Q. voronwë “steadfastness, loyalty, faith(fulness)”
> S. ?born² “[stead]fast”
- ⇒ S. Baravorn “Hamfast”
⇒ S. Bronwe “*Endurance”

ᴱ√VORO root. “*ever, always”

See ᴹ√BOR(ON) for discussion.

References ✧ LT1A/Bronweg; QL/102

Derivatives

> ᴱN. boron “steadfast”
> ᴱN. brond “firm”
- ⇒ ᴱN. bronnuin “steadfastness” ✧ PE13/140
- ⇒ ᴱN. nuimrond “steadfastness” ✧ PE13/140
⇒ ᴱQ. vorinqile “monotony” ✧ QL/102
> ᴱQ. vorne “an aeon” ✧ QL/102
> ᴱQ. vor(o) “ever, always” ✧ LT1A/Bronweg; QL/102
- ⇒ 7 compounds
⇒ ᴱQ. voruva “age long” ✧ QL/102
> G. bóra “always, ever, continuously”
- ⇒ ᴱN. Borosaith “Everhungry”
> G. born “age, great period”
- ⇒ G. cuilborn “lifetime” ✧ GL/23
- ⇒ G. dimborn “the past, past days, olden times” ✧ GL/23
> G. bron(n) “steadfast, firm” ✧ LT1A/Bronweg
- ⇒ G. bronniol “constant, faithful” ✧ GL/24
- ⇒ G. Bronweg “Constant One” ✧ GL/24; LT1A/Bronweg
- ⇒ G. bronweth “constancy” ✧ GL/24; LT1A/Bronweg
> G. bront “perpetually”
- ⇒ G. brontha “continual, continuous, unceasing; everlasting” ✧ GL/24