Q. -ion suf. “-son, masculine patronymic” (Category: Son)
The usual patronymic for “son of” in Quenya, suffixal form of Q. yondo “son” (PE17/170, 190). Tolkien occasionally mentioned variants like -on or -yon, but in practice only -ion appears in actual names.
Conceptual Development: This patronymic dates all the way back to Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/106) and was regularly mentioned in documents throughout the years such as the Early Qenya Grammar and English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s (PE14/45, 75; PE15/77), The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/YŌ) and Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 (PE17/170), always with a similar form, meaning and derivation from roots likes √YO(N). Thus it was very well established in Tolkien’s mind.
References ✧ PE17/170, 190
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| yondo | “son, boy” | suffix |
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| ✶-(i)ŏn/-(ĭ)ondo > -ion | [-ion] | ✧ PE17/170 |
ᴹQ. -ion suf. “-son” (Category: Son)
Reference ✧ Ety/YŌ ✧ “son”
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| ᴹ√YON > -ion | [-ion] | ✧ Ety/YŌ |
ᴱQ. -ion suf. “-son” (Category: Son)
References ✧ LT1A/Urwen; LT2/89; LT2A/go, Indorion; PE14/45, 75; PE15/77; QL/96, 103, 106
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| -iond- | stem | ✧ PE14/75 |
| -yond- | stem | ✧ PE14/75 |
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| †yó | “son” | ✧ LT2A/Indorion (†yô); QL/106 (†Y̯ó) | |
| yondo | “son, male descendant, (great) grandson” | ✧ PE14/45 | |
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