Tolkien
English
editEtymology
editLikely from Middle Low German Tolkin (literally “son of Tolk”), which is probably also related to Polish Tołkiny and German Tolksdorf, names for a Prussian town; the nickname Tolk is connected to Middle Low German tolk (“interpreter”), from Proto-Slavic *tъlkъ.[1] J. R. R. Tolkien subscribed to a folk etymology that connected the name with German tollkühn (“foolhardy”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editTolkien (plural Tolkiens)
- (countable) A surname.
- British author J. R. R. Tolkien
- Synonym: JRRT
- British author J. R. R. Tolkien
Derived terms
editTranslations
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Further reading
edit- “Tolkien”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Tolkien”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Tolkien”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Tolkien”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- J. R. R. Tolkien on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
edit- ^ Ryszard Derdziński (2017), "On J. R. R. Tolkien's roots in Gdańsk"
Anagrams
editPolish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Tolkien.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editTolkien m pers
Declension
editDeclension of Tolkien
Further reading
edit- Tolkien in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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