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* ''[[Ciryaher]]'' - "Ship Lord" | * ''[[Ciryaher]]'' - "Ship Lord" | ||
* ''[[ | * ''[[Herumor]]'' - "Black Lord" | ||
* ''[[Tar-Herunúmen|Herunúmen]]'' - "Lord of the West" | * ''[[Tar-Herunúmen|Herunúmen]]'' - "Lord of the West" | ||
* ''[[Ondoher]]'' - "Stone Lord" | * ''[[Ondoher]]'' - "Stone Lord" | ||
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heru or hér means "lord" in Quenya.[1] Words with similar meaning are aran "king" and tar "high, lord".
Etymology
PQ kherû "master"[2] from Root KHER.[3]
See also
- Ciryaher - "Ship Lord"
- Herumor - "Black Lord"
- Herunúmen - "Lord of the West"
- Ondoher - "Stone Lord"
- Ostoher - "Fortress Lord"
Cognates
Inspiration
Latin herus means "lord, owner"; German herr is a modern word meaning "sir, lord, master".
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", heru
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 282, (dated 18 December 1965)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", KHER
