Eldamo : Quenya : Sarmo

Q. Sarmo m.

Q. Sarmo, m.

A revised name for the father of Nerdanel in notes from 1968, earlier named Mahtan which is the form Christopher Tolkien used in The Silmarillion (PM/366). The meaning of this name are unclear, but it might be related to the root √SAR.

References ✧ PM/366; PMI

‽Sarmo was most widely known as Urundil “Copper-lover” ✧ PM/366

Elements

√SAR	“score, incise; write”
-mo	“agental suffix”