Tolkien
English
Etymology
Likely 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
- IPA(key): /ˈtɒlkiːn/
Proper noun
Tolkien (plural Tolkiens)
- (countable) A surname.
- British author J. R. R. Tolkien
- Synonym: JRRT
- British author J. R. R. Tolkien
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Tolkienesque
- Tolkienian
- Tolkienish
- Tolkienist
- Tolkienite
- Tolkienologist
- Tolkieny
Translations
a surname
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Further reading
- Tolkien at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “Tolkien”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “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
- Ryszard Derdziński (2017), "On J.R.R. Tolkien's roots in Gdańsk"
Anagrams
- telokin
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Tolkien.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔl.kjɛn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔlkjɛn
- Syllabification: Tol‧kien
Proper noun
Tolkien m pers
- J. R. R. Tolkien
Declension
Declension of Tolkien
singular | |
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nominative | Tolkien |
genitive | Tolkiena |
dative | Tolkienowi |
accusative | Tolkiena |
instrumental | Tolkienem |
locative | Tolkienie |
vocative | Tolkienie |
Further reading
- Tolkien in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Tolkien in Polish dictionaries at PWN