I would agree
Nerwen that perhaps Tolkien saw no great problem from a revised context point of view. I do think 'House of Finrod' implies family ties. In the entry for root NÔ- from Etymologies:
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noss clan, family, 'house', as Nos Finrod House of Finrod.
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In PE17 NO- is still a root for
'generation, people, folk, large group regarded as of common ancestry.' It seems possible that
Nos Finrod was used by some in Middle-earth for (essentially)
Nos Finarfin, considering that Finarfin stayed in the West.
Since I'm in
Etymologies, under root
ID-
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'Q. indo heart, mood; cf. Indlour, Inglor (Indo-klár or Indo-glauré). N. inn, ind inner thought, meaning, heart.'
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Inglor could mean 'gold-heart' according to this -- or 'splendour-heart'
'N. poetical claur splendour, glory -- often in names in form -glor' (Etymologies
KAL-), and thus possibly 'gold-hearted' with Inglorion.
Though again there seems to be a later interpretation that fits with the linguistic history landed on for
The Lord of the Rings (meaning Inglor as a Sindarization of Ingalaure). In PE17
indo appears, seemingly 'mind, region/range of thought, mood' from
IN-I-D 'mind, inner thought'