Eldamo : Ilkorin/Doriathrin : ho

Ilk. go prep. “from, away; patronymic” (Category: From, Away)

A preposition “from, away” marked as both Ilkorin (Ety/ƷŌ̆; PE21/60) and Doriathrin (EtyAC/ƷŌ̆). It developed from primitive ᴹ✶ʒō̆ (Ety/WŌ), with the initial [ɣ] becoming [g]. It was also used as patronymic, as in go-Thingol “*child of Thingol” (Ety/ƷŌ̆).

Conceptual Development: This preposition may be a restoration of the Gnomish patronymic G. go-². In Tolkien’s later writings, Common Eldarin: Noun Structure (EVS2) from around 1950 mentioned a similar Beleriandic preposition ho “from” derived from ✶ʒō̆ which influenced a patronymic hon based on {✶jond- >>} ✶ʒond- “son”. This late appearance was shortly before he abandoned Ilkorin/Beleriandic entirely.

References ✧ Ety/ƷŌ̆, WŌ; EtyAC/ƷŌ̆; PE21/60

Glosses

“from” ✧ Ety/ƷŌ̆; EtyAC/ƷŌ̆
“from, away; patronymics” ✧ PE21/60

Variations

go ✧ Ety/ƷŌ̆; Ety/WŌ; EtyAC/ƷŌ̆ (Dor. go); PE21/60

†gwo “together” was lost because it coalesced with go ✧ Ety/WŌ
G. go-² “son of” appears again later as go “from, away; patronymic”

Element In

Ilk. Luithien go Thingol ✧ PE21/60

Cognates

ᴹQ. ho “from” ✧ Ety/ƷŌ̆
N. o¹ “from, of” ✧ Ety/ƷŌ̆

Derivations

< ᴹ√ƷO “from, away, from among, out of” ✧ Ety/ƷŌ̆ (ƷŌ̆); Ety/ƷŌ̆ (ƷŌ̆)
< ᴹ✶ʒō “partitive; away from, from among” ✧ Ety/WŌ (ʒo); PE21/60 (ʒō̆)
- < ᴹ√ƷO “from, away, from among, out of” ✧ Ety/ƷŌ̆ (ƷŌ̆); Ety/WŌ (ƷŌ̆)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶ʒo > go

[ɣo] > [go]

✧ Ety/WŌ