Priscilla tolkien
Nicholas tolkien
Faith tolkien sculptor.
Tolkien family
English family of German origin
The Tolkien family is an English family of German descent whose best-known member is J. R. R. Tolkien, Oxford academic and author of the fantasy books The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
Etymology
According to Ryszard Derdziński the Tolkien name is of Low Prussian origin and probably means "son/descendant of Tolk", with Tolk meaning interpreter or negotiator and originating as a nickname.[1][2] Another theory is that it is derived from the village of Tolkynen in East Prussia.[3][4] J.
R. R. Tolkien suggested the name was derived from the German adjective tollkühn, meaning foolhardy.[1][2] Several people with the surname Tolkien or similar spelling, some of them members of the same family as J.
R. R. Tolkien, live in northern Germany, but most of them are descendants of recent refugees from East Prussia who fled the Red Army invasion ().&#
