Eldamo : Noldorin : alagos

N. alagos n. “storm (of wind)” (Category: Storm)

N. alagos, n. “storm (of wind)” (Category: Storm): ᴱN. huiriaith “gale”; G. nigweth “(snow) storm”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “storm of wind”, an elaboration of N. alag “rushing” so perhaps “*(lit.) rushing (of winds)” (Ety/ÁLAK). A similar (masculinized?) form appeared in the name N. Ancalagon “Biting-Storm” (Ety/NAK). Tolkien continued to use this name in later writings, but it was untranslated.

References ✧ Ety/ÁLAK, ÁNAK, NAK

Glosses

“storm” ✧ Ety/NAK (alagon)
“storm of wind” ✧ Ety/ÁLAK

Variations

alagos ✧ Ety/ÁLAK
alagon ✧ Ety/ÁNAK; Ety/NAK

Elements

alag	“rushing, impetuous”	✧ EtyAC/ÁLAK
#-os	“abstract noun”	✧ Ety/ÁLAK (#-os)

Element In

N. Ancalagon “Biting-Storm” ✧ Ety/ÁLAK (Anc-alagon); Ety/ÁNAK (Anc-alagon); Ety/NAK (Anc-alagon)
S. Ancalagon “Biting-Storm” ✧ Ety/ÁLAK (Anc-alagon); Ety/ÁNAK (Anc-alagon); Ety/NAK (Anc-alagon)

Derivations

< ᴹ√(A)LAK “swift, rushing” ✧ Ety/ÁNAK (ÁLAK); Ety/NAK (ÁLAK)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√ÁLAK > alagon

[alakosse] > [alakoss] > [alagoss] > [alagos]

✧ Ety/NAK