S. Manwe m.
The Sindarin name for Q. Manwë, simply a borrowing of his Quenya name (PE17/189-190, Ety/WEG).
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, his name was G. Man or G. Manweg (GL/56), but in The Etymologies from the 1930s, Tolkien stated that the Noldor used the Qenya form of his name Manwe, and that his hypothetical Noldorin name **Manw [manu] was not used (Ety/WEG). In etymological notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien coined a Sindarin variant of this name S. Menwi based on name-suffix -wi with the short [a] becoming [e] before [i], but both the suffix and this Sindarin name were rejected (PE17/189), likely restoring S. Manwe (PE17/190).
References ✧ PE17/189-190
Variations
Elements
| -we | “person, being, individual” | ✧ PE17/189 (-wi); PE17/190 (-wē/wĕ) |
Cognates
N. Manwe m.
References ✧ Ety/LEP, WEG; EtyAC/MAN
Variations
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Inflections
| Vanwa | soft-mutation old-genitive; m-mutation | ✧ Ety/LEP |
Elements
| -we | “masculine suffix” | ||
| ᴹQ. -we² | “abstract suffix” | ✧ Ety/WEG | |
Element In
Cognates
G. Man m.
References ✧ GL/18, 20, 43, 56, 68; LT1A/Manwë; PE13/104; PE15/26
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Changes
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
G. Manweg m.
References ✧ GL/18, 56; LT1A/Mánir, Manwë; PE14/12
Related
Elements
| Man | ✧ GL/56 |
| -weg | ✧ LT1A/Manwë |
Cognates