Q. Oiolossë loc. “Ever (Snow) White”

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; 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”

See Q. Oiolossë for discussion.

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.

See Q. Oiolossë for discussion.

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”

See Q. Oiolossë for discussion.

References ✧ LR/210; LRI/Ialassë; SM/81; SMI/Ialassë

Glosses

Changes

Elements

ia “ever”
olos(se) “snow, fallen snow”

Cognates