#did the sindar adopt the vanyarin names to dunk on the noldor

[valacirya]

I’m not normally into Tolkien linguistics, but it’s interesting that the Vanyarin names for the Sun and Moon (Anar and Isil) are almost exactly the same as the Sindarin names (Anor and Ithil). I wonder how that happened? Maybe some cultural exchange during the War of Wrath? 

Meanwhile the Noldorin Exiles are like “oh, the Sun is a sign of the waning of the Eldar, but the Moon cherishes our memory.” So fricking dramatic.

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