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
Cognates
- ᴹQ. anka “jaw, row of teeth” ✧ Ety/ÁNAK; Ety/NAK
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶an-kā́ > anc [aŋkā] > [aŋka] > [aŋk] ✧ Ety/NAK Variations
- Anc ✧ Ety/ÁLAK
anc
noun. jaw, row of teeth
naew
noun. jaw
Cognates
- ᴹQ. nangwa “jaw” ✧ Ety/NAK
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶nakma > naew [nakma] > [nagma] > [naŋma] > [naima] > [naim] > [naem] > [naev] > [naew] ✧ Ety/NAK
lhîr
noun. row, range
lhîr
noun. row
Derivations
Element in
- N. oeglir “range of mountain peaks” ✧ Ety/LIR²
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. līre > lhîr [līre] > [līr] > [l̥īr] ✧ Ety/LIR² Variations
- lhîr ✧ Ety/LIR²
naew
noun. jaw
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.