A noun for “jaw” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶nakma (✱“bite-thing”) under the root ᴹ√NAK “bite” (NAK). This word remains phonologically plausible in Sindarin, with ancient k vocalizing to i and the resulting diphthong ai become ae, after which the m became v > w; see VT42/26 for a description of the basic phonetic changes. However, naew might have been displaced conceptually by anc “jaw”, which appeared in a number of later Sindarin names and whose Quenya cognate Q. anca appeared in The Lord of the Rings Appendix E.
Noldorin
anc
noun. jaw, row of teeth
anc
noun. jaw, row of teeth
ancalagon
masculine name. Biting-Storm
iaur
adjective. ancient, old(en)
iaur
adjective. ancient, old, original
lhorn
noun. anchorage, harbour
lhorn
noun. haven, quiet water, anchorage, harbour
naew
noun. jaw
naneth
noun. mother
A noun for “mother” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the (Noldorin-only?) root ᴹ√NAN (Ety/NAN). It apparently replaced archaic/poetic N. †emil (Ety/AM¹; EtyAC/AM¹).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon had a similar set of words for “mother”: G. maba, mabir, baba, and mavwin from the early root ᴱ√maƀ “something nice” (GL/57). The last of these appeared as G. mavwen “ancestress” in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document, with an archaic meaning of “mother” and variant forms mafwyn and mavuin (PE13/115). In these slips, it seems the normal “mother” word was G. nân (originally glossed “father”) with variant nanwin (PE13/115). This last word is likely the direct precursor of N. naneth.
Neo-Sindarin: I would use S. emel from the late 1960s as the normal word for “mother” in Neo-Sindarin, but would retain N. naneth as a dialectical or more formal variant.
angol
noun. deep lore, magic
auth
noun. war, battle
brûn
adjective. old, that has long endured, or been established, or in use
carach
noun. jaws
cirban
noun. haven
cirban
noun. haven
cobas
place name. Haven
The bay north of Dol Amroth in early maps of Gondor from the 1940s (TI/312, WR/434), unnamed in the maps published in The Lord of the Rings. The name is similar to N. hobas “harbourage” and ᴱQ. kópas “harbour”. It was probably derived from the root ᴹ√KOP, a (rejected) variant of ᴹ√KHOP > hobas from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KOP, Ety/KHOP). See the entry on ᴹ√KHOP for details.
dae
adverb. very
emil
noun. mother
emil
noun. mother
golw
noun. lore
hûb
noun. haven, harbour, small land-locked bay
ia
noun. gulf
ia
noun. abyss, void
ia
noun. gulf
iaur
adjective. older, former
ifant
adjective. aged, having lived long, old (with no connotation of weakness)
ingem
adjective. old (of person, in mortal sense: decripit, suffering from old age)
New word coined by the Elves after meeting with Men
ist
noun. lore, knowledge
lhorn
noun. quiet water
lhîr
noun. row, range
lhîr
noun. row
lorn
noun. haven
naew
noun. jaw
nana
noun. mother, mummy
naneth
noun. mother
nen
noun. water (used of a lake, pool or lesser river)
nen
noun. waterland
nen
noun. water
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “jaw, row of teeth” derived from the root ᴹ√(A)NAK “bite” (Ety/ÁNAK, NAK). The continued appearance of words like Anfauglir “Jaws of Thirst” (S/180) and its Quenya cognate Q. anca (LotR/1123) indicate its ongoing validity.
Conceptual Development: G. gag “jaw” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/37) might be a conceptual precursor.