ak

root. hostile return

A “Sindarin only” root in etymological notes from around 1959-60, whose primary purpose seems to be the derivation of Sindarin words for “vengeance” (PE17/167) as in the phrase tôl acharn “vengeance comes” from contemporaneous Silmarillion narratives (WJ/254), though this phrase didn’t make it into the published Silmarillion. Tolkien explained this root as a blending of prefixal √AT “re- (a second time)” and √OKO “evil”, also seen in the word Q. olca. √AK replaced an earlier derivation of Sindarin vengeance-words directly from the root √AT (PE17/166), which Tolkien may have rejected because this did not have the connotation he wanted: at-kar- = “doing again”, not “revenge”.

aktō

noun. artificer, artificer, [ᴹ✶] maker, wright

akla-

verb. to shine out, flash

aklar(a)

noun. radiance, brilliance, glory

ak(a)lar

noun. *radiance

au-

prefix. away

awa-

prefix. away

awā

adverb. away

gaili

noun. ray