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==History== | ==History== | ||
Tom was the thirteenth and youngest child of [[Samwise Gamgee]] and [[Rose Cotton]].<ref>{{App|Gamgee}}</ref> | Tom was the thirteenth and youngest child of [[Samwise Gamgee]] and [[Rose Cotton]], born the same year his parents visited [[King Elessar]] in [[Gondor]].<ref>{{App|Later}}</ref><ref>{{App|Gamgee}}</ref><ref group=note name=birth>Considering that Rose would not make a journey while Tom was newborn, and that the couple stayed in Gondor for a year, it is most possible that Rose traveled while pregnant to Tom, and that he was born in Gondor.</ref> | ||
He was named after his mother's brother [[Tolman Cotton Junior|Tolman Cotton]]. | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
''Tolman'' comes from [[Old English]] ''tōl'' + ''mann'' meaning "tool person".<ref> | ''Tolman'' comes from [[Old English]] ''tōl'' + ''mann'' meaning "tool person".<ref>{{HM|ITE}}, "Giving of Names"</ref> In early phases of writing [[Appendix F]], it was a translation of original [[Westron]] ''Tomacca''<ref>{{PM|Languages}}</ref> or (earlier) ''Tomakli''.<ref>{{PM|Languages}}, note 37.</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Fourth Age characters]] | [[Category:Fourth Age characters]] | ||
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[[Category:Gardner]] | [[Category:Gardner]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:06, 18 November 2020
| Tolman Gardner | |
|---|---|
| Hobbit | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Other names | Tom Gardner |
| Location | Bag End, Hobbiton |
| Birth | S.R. 1442 Perhaps Gondor[note 1] |
| Family | |
| Family | Gardner |
| Parentage | Samwise Gamgee and Rose Cotton |
| Siblings | Elanor, Frodo, Rose, Merry, Pippin, Goldilocks, Hamfast, Daisy, Primrose, Bilbo, Ruby and Robin |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
Tolman "Tom" Gardner was a Hobbit of the Shire.
History[edit | edit source]
Tom was the thirteenth and youngest child of Samwise Gamgee and Rose Cotton, born the same year his parents visited King Elessar in Gondor.[1][2][note 1]
He was named after his mother's brother Tolman Cotton.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Tolman comes from Old English tōl + mann meaning "tool person".[3] In early phases of writing Appendix F, it was a translation of original Westron Tomacca[4] or (earlier) Tomakli.[5]
Notes
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "The Longfather-tree of Master Samwise"
- ↑ , "Giving of Names"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages", note 37.
