Q. Lenwë m.
The Quenya name of the leader of the Nandor (S/54). Its final element is the suffix -wë common in ancient names, and its primitive form ✶Denwego meant “Light-and-active” (WJ/412). See the entry for his Nandorin name, Nan. Denweg, for further discussion.
Conceptual Development: In earlier linguistic notes from the 1930s (PE18/24) and Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (MR/169), his Quenya name was Nano or [ᴹQ.] Nanno.
References ✧ SI; SMI/Dan, Lenwë; WJ/385, 412; WJI/Dân, Denweg, Lenwë
Elements
| ? | |
| -wë | “ancient name suffix (usually but not always masculine)” |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶Denwego > Lenwe | [denwego] > [denweg] > [denweɣ] > [denwe] | ✧ WJ/412 |