Middle Primitive Elvish
bat
root. tread
battā
verb. trample
batā̆
noun. beaten track, pathway
pal
root. beat
lin
root. pool
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A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “tread”, with the derivatives in both (Middle) Quenya and Noldorin having to do with walking, trampling and paths (Ety/BAT). It may have been replaced by later root √PAT with various path and walking derivatives (PE17/34), or the two might have coexisted as light (√PAT) and heavy (√BAT) variants.