Sauron and Saruman why are the names similar? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Maerbenn · 09-19-2004, 01:07 PM

According to cian, a member of other Tolkien message boards:

Sauron is Quenya though: archaic *Thaurondo > *Thaurond > *Thauron > Sauron.

Saruman is from Old English (David Salo suggests West Saxon) meaning 'Man of skill'.

Old English searo (searu) 'art, skill, cleverness, cunning' (of interest searocræft 'artifice, treachery, wile')

09-19-2004, 01:07 PM	#5
Maerbenn Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 59	According to cian, a member of other Tolkien message boards: Sauron is Quenya though: archaic Thaurondo > Thaurond > Thauron > Sauron. Saruman* is from Old English (David Salo suggests West Saxon) meaning 'Man of skill'. Old English searo (searu) 'art, skill, cleverness, cunning' (of interest searocræft 'artifice, treachery, wile')