Tolkien's Quendi come from Tolkien. Tolkien's trolls as well. And, hey, guess about hobbits and orcs.
He only gave these creatures names of our very own world and nearer time. Apart from 'hobbit', which he made up. There are 'Elves' in other myths (mostly called 'fairies'), but only in the earliest and long abandoned stages of the legendarium were they related to Tolkien's Quendi or other races.
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