Q. Númenórë loc. “Westernesse, (lit.) West-land”
The island-continent where the Edain settled after the fall of Beleriand (LotR/1035, S/261), often appearing in its shorter form Númenor. It is generally translated as “Westernesse” (LotR/194, S/261) but more literally means “West-land” (Let/224, RC/778). It is a compound of númen “west” and nórë “land” (Let/361).
Conceptual Development: In the very first draft of the Fall of Númenor, this name was given as ᴹQ. Númar or ᴹQ. Númenos (LR/11), but in the next draft these became the name its capital city, and the name Númenor emerged as the name of the land (LR/14). The full form ᴹQ. Númenóre appeared in The Etymologies, already with the derivation discussed above (Ety/NDŪ). It also appeared in an adjectival form Númenórea in linguistic notes from the 1930s (PE22/19).
References ✧ Let/151, 224, 303, 361; LotR/194; LotRI/Númenor, Westernesse; MRI/Númenor; PE17/15-16, 64; PMI/Númenor; RC/778; S/261; SA/dôr; SI/Númenor, Westernesse; UTI/Númenor; WJI/Númenor
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| Númenor | shortened | ✧ Let/224; MRI/Númenor; PMI/Númenor; SI/Númenor; UTI/Númenor; WJI/Númenor | |
| Númenor | shortened | “Westernesse” | ✧ Let/361; LotRI/Númenor; LotRI/Westernesse; SI/Westernesse |
Elements
| númen | “west, direction or region of the sunset, occident, (lit.) going down” | ✧ Let/361; PE17/16 (Núme(n)); PE17/64 (Núme(n)) | |
| nórë | “land, country; †people, race, tribe” | ✧ Let/303 (nōrë); Let/361; SA/dôr | |
| ✶numē-n | “sunset, west” | ✧ Let/303 | |
| -ndor | “land, country” | ✧ SA/dôr | |
Cognates
ᴹQ. Númenóre loc. “Westernesse”
References ✧ Ety/NDŪ; LR/14, 25, 47, 56, 60, 72; LRI/Númenor; PE22/19; RS/215; RSI/Númenor; SD/240, 247, 303, 305, 310, 343, 361; SDI1/Númenor; SDI2/Númenor; TII/Númenor; WRI/Númenor
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| nūmenorenna | allative | “to-Númenor” | ✧ LR/56 |
| Númenóren | genitive | “of the West” | ✧ LR/60 |
Elements
| númen | “west” | ✧ Ety/NDŪ (núme-); SD/240 (nūme); SD/303 (nūmē); SD/305 (nūme) |
| nóre | “land, country, region where certain people live; clan, race, folk, kindred” | ✧ SD/240 (nōre); SD/303 (nōrē̆); SD/305 (nōre) |
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