Q. Oiolossë loc. “Ever (Snow) White”
Another name for Taniquetil (LotR/377, S/37) variously translated as “Everlasting Whiteness”, “Ever-snow”, “Ever-white” or “Ever-snow-white”. This name is a compound of oi(o) “ever” and lossë¹ “snow, snow-white” (RGEO/61).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name first appeared as ᴹQ. Ialasse “Everlasting Whiteness” (SM/81). A similar form ᴹQ. Iolosse appeared in The Etymologies (Ety/EY, GEY) and possibly also in the Silmarillion texts (LR/210), but it was rejected and replaced by its final form ᴹQ. Oiolosse (Ety/OY, LR/209).
References ✧ Let/278; LotR/377; LotRI/Mount Everwhite, Oiolossë; LT1I; MRI; PE17/26, 69, 161; PE23/143; RGEO/58-59, 61-62, 66; S/37; SA/coron, los; SI/Amon Uilos, Oiolossë; UT/55; UTI/Amon Uilos, Oiolossë; WJ/403; WJI
Glosses
Variations
Related
Inflections
| Oio-lossëo | genitive | “Ever-white-from” | ✧ RGEO/59 |
| Oiolossëo | genitive | “from Mount Everwhite” | ✧ LotR/377 |
| Oiolossëo | genitive | “of Ever-snowy” | ✧ PE17/69 |
| oiolossëo | genitive | “from Mt. Uilos” | ✧ Let/278 |
| Óiolóssëò | genitive | “from Mount Everwhite” | ✧ RGEO/58 |
Elements
| oi(o) | “ever, everlastingly; an endless period” | ✧ PE17/69 (oi-); RGEO/61 (oio); SA/los (oio) | |
| lossë¹ | “snow, fallen snow; snow-white, snowy” | ✧ PE17/161; RGEO/61; SA/los | |
| √OY | “ever, continual, unceasing” | ✧ PE17/69 (OI̯O) | |
| √(G)LOS | “snow, whiteness” | ✧ PE17/69 (LOS) | |
Element In
Cognates
ᴹQ. Oiolosse loc. “Everlasting Whiteness”
References ✧ Ety/OY; LR/209-210; LRI/Ialassë, Oiolossë; SMI/Ialassë; TII/Oiolossë
Glosses
Elements
| oia | “everlasting” | ✧ Ety/OY |
| †olos(se) | “snow, fallen snow” |
Cognates
ᴹQ. Iolosse loc.
References ✧ Ety/EY, GEY; LRI/Ialassë
Glosses
Elements
| ia | “ever” | ✧ Ety/EY (ia) |
| †olos(se) | “snow, fallen snow” |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶Geı̯golosse > Iolosse | [geigolosse] > [ɣeiɣolosse] > [ɣīɣolosse] > [iolosse] | ✧ Ety/GEY |
ᴹQ. Ialasse loc. “Everlasting Whiteness”
References ✧ LR/210; LRI/Ialassë; SM/81; SMI/Ialassë
Glosses
Changes
Elements
| ia | “ever” |
| †olos(se) | “snow, fallen snow” |
Cognates