Atar
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atar (pl. atari) is a Quenya word meaning father.
Etymology
CE atar, from possibly earlier *ataro, Root ATA[1]
Other forms
See also
Cognates
Inspiration
Atar can be compared to Greek/Latin pater.
In Gothic and Celtic branches the Indoeuropean initial p- was lost thence we have forms similar to atar, like Irish athair (from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr) and Gothic atta.
Note also Turkish atto
References
- ↑
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, p. 70
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 43, January 2002