Ecthelion must be similarly from Aegthelion. Latter element is a derivative of √stel 'remain firm'. The form with prefix 'sundóma', estel, was used in Q{uenya} and S{indarin} for 'hope' – sc. a temper of mind, steady, fixed in purpose, and difficult to dissuade and unlikely to fall into despair or abandon its purpose. The unprefixed stel- gave [? S verb] thel 'intend, mean, purpose, resolve, will'. So Q ? þelma 'a fixed idea,..., will.
Autor: J.R.R. Tolkien
![Ecthelion must be similarly from Aegthelion. Latter element is a derivative of <i>√stel</i> 'remain firm'. The form with prefix <i>'<a href="http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sund%C3%B3ma" rel="nofollow noopener">sundóma</a>'</i>, <i>estel</i>, was used in Q{uenya} and S{indarin} for 'hope' – <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sc." rel="nofollow noopener">sc.</a> a temper of mind, steady, fixed in purpose, and difficult to dissuade and unlikely to fall into despair or abandon its purpose. The unprefixed <i>stel-</i> gave [? S verb] <i>thel</i> 'intend, mean, purpose, resolve, will'. So Q ? <i>þelma</i> 'a fixed idea,..., will. - J.R.R. Tolkien](/static/img/quotes/617323.jpg)