S. ^#cund n. “*prince” (Category: Prince)
This word is only directly attested in The Etymologies, appearing as N. †cunn “prince” (Ety/KUNDŪ) and marked as an archaic form (EtyAC/KUNDŪ). It still appears in later writings as a element in some first-age Sindarin names from The Silmarillion: Baragund, Belegund and perhaps Felagund (see below). Its Quenya cognate Q. cundo also appears in later writings (PM/260, PE17/117-8), indicating that †cund may have remained conceptually valid.
Alternate etymologies of the name Felagund complicate this picture, however. In a 1959 etymology Tolkien said Felagund was derived from Dwarvish Felakgundu “Cave Hewer” (PM/352), and in a 1969 etymology Tolkien said it meant “den-dweller” and that “the ending -gund could not be interpreted from Eldarin” (NM/304). This indicates cund “prince” may have been abandoned, and that Baragund and Belegund were either (a) remnants of earlier conceptions or (b) reinterpreted as Mannish (Beorian) names.
Elsewhere, the third-age Sindarin word for “prince” is said to be caun (PE17/102), so even if survived conceptually, it seems likely the older form †cund fell out use.
References ✧ NM/304
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| -gund | soft-mutation; c-mutation | ✧ NM/304 |
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N. †cunn n. “prince” (Category: Prince)
References ✧ Ety/KUNDŪ; EtyAC/KUNDŪ
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| ᴹ√KUND-Ū > †cunn | [kundū] > [kundu] > [kundu] > [kund] > [kunn] | ✧ Ety/KUNDŪ |
ᴱN. thing n. “prince” (Category: Prince)
References ✧ PE13/154
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G. bridhon n. “king, prince” (Category: King)
References ✧ GL/22, 24, 49; LT2A/Hirilorn, Tevildo
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| ᴱ√VṚÐṚ | “*rule” | |
| #-(r)on | “agental suffix” | ✧ GL/24 (#-on) |
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