Otso

Quenya numbers
minë = one atta = two neldë = three canta = four lempë = five enquë = six otso = seven tolto = eight nertë = nine cainen = ten minquë = eleven yunquë = twelve haran = one hundred

otso is the Quenya word for the number seven.

Etymology

It comes from the PQ root OTOS/OTOK

Other forms

• otosta, osta(t) "one seventh" (1/7)
• otsea "seventh"

See also

• Otselen

Cognates

• Sindarin odog

Inspiration

Otso is one of the many words for karhu ('bear') in Finnish. Karhu is also the name of the frequent polar bear character in The Father Christmas Letters which Tolkien wrote to his children during the years 1920-1943