S. -ion¹ suf. “-son” (Category: Son)
The usual Sindarin patronymic suffix, meaning “son of” (PE17/170; Ety/YŌ), a suffixal form of ion(n) “son”. It was occasionally used for “descendants”, especially as a class plural, as in Hurinionath “Descendants of Húrin” (PM/202).
Conceptual Development: In Gnomish, the prefix G. go- or gon- (suffixal -iod, -ion, -ios) was initially used with the meaning “son of” as in Gon Indor “*Son of Indor” (LT2/217), but in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the prefix was revised to G. bo- or bon-, as in Tuor bo-Beleg, along with suffixal -von or -mon (GL/23, 40-41). Tolkien reintroduced suffixal N. -ion “son” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√YO(N) “son” (Ety/YŌ), and seems to have stuck with it thereafter.
Reference ✧ PE17/170 ✧ -(i)on
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| ion(n) | “son” |
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| ✶-(i)ŏn/-(ĭ)ondo > -(i)on | [-iondō] > [-iondo] > [-iond] > [-ionn] > [-ion] | ✧ PE17/170 |
N. -ion¹ suf. “son” (Category: Son)
Reference ✧ Ety/YŌ ✧ -ion “son”
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| ionn | “son” | suffix | ✧ Ety/YŌ |
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G. bo- pref. “son of” (Category: Son)
References ✧ GL/23; LT2/51, 119; LT2A/bo, Dhrauthodavros
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| bo(n) | “son” | prefix | ✧ LT2A/bo (bo) |
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G. go-² pref. “son of” (Category: Son)
References ✧ GL/40-41; LT2/51, 119; LT2A/go; LT2I/go-
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