S. Curufin m. “*Skilled-Finwë”
5th son of Fëanor, called “the crafty” (S/60). His Sindarin name is adapted from his Quenya father-name Q. Curufinwë “*Skilled-Finwë” (MR/217, PM/343). This name is a combination of S. curu “skill” and the Sindarized form S. fin of his grandfather’s name Q. Finwë (VT41/10), also seen in the name S. Finarfin.
Conceptual Development: This character was named G. Curufin when he first appeared earliest Lost Tales, already with the sobriquet “Crafty” (LT2/241). The name N. Curufin appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a combination of N. curu “cunning” and a suffixal form of ON. phinya “skillful” (Ety/KUR, PHIN). The derivation from his Quenya name did not emerge until after Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (MR/217).
References ✧ MRI; PM/352; PMI; SI; UTI; VT41/10; WJI
Related
Elements
| curu | “skill (of the hand), craft, magic” | ✧ VT41/10 |
| fin | “Finwë” | ✧ VT41/10 |
Cognates
N. Curufin m. “Crafty”
References ✧ Ety/KUR, PHIN; LRI; SMI
Glosses
Elements
| curu | “cunning” | ✧ Ety/KUR | |
| ON. phinya | “skillful” | suffix | ✧ Ety/PHIN (-phini) |
| ᴹ√PHIN | “nimbleness, skill” | ✧ Ety/KUR | |
| ᴹ√KUR | “craft” | ✧ Ety/PHIN | |
G. Curufin m. “Crafty”
References ✧ LT2A/Curufin; LT2I
Glosses
Elements
| curu | “magic” | ✧ LT1A/Tolli Kuruvar |