tolkienlanguages1-7  Exercise 2: Two Forms of a Name
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Legolas is a Silvan (woodland) form of the Sindarin Laegolas. The Silvan
dialect pronounced the name differently, so the same name has two forms:
laeg (green) + golas (foliage), "green foliage".

A name can have two forms because Elves of different groups spoke related
languages and dialects (Chapter 2), and each shaped the name its own way.

Sample application of the four steps to Mithrandir:
  1. Language: Sindarin (closed syllables, the ending -dir).
  2. Parts: mith + randir.
  3. Look up: mith = grey, randir = pilgrim.
  4. Mutation: none visible here.
A step you might not complete: step 3 for a name that no dictionary lists.