A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as ᴹ√INK and ᴹ√INIK, the latter marked with a “?” but probably representing the actual form of the root (Ety/INK). The root was unglossed, but its derivatives all seem to be related to the sense “idea” such as ᴹQ. inka “idea”, ᴹQ. intya [< inkya] “guess, supposition, idea, notion” and N. inc “guess, idea, notion” (Ety/INK; EtyAC/INK). It might be connected to the later root √IN(ID) “mind” from 1957 (PE17/155).
Middle Primitive Elvish
ene
root. ?genitive
Derivatives
enek
root. six
Derivatives
Variations
- ÉNEK ✧ Ety/ÉNEK
nĕ
suffix. ?genitive
Derivations
- ᴹ√ENE “?genitive” ✧ PE21/59
ē
root. to be
yē
root. to be
Changes
- YE → Ē “to be” ✧ PE22/122
Derivatives
Variations
- Ī ✧ EtyAC/YĒ
- I ✧ PE18/060
- YE ✧ PE18/084 (
YE); PE22/123 (YE)
eʒ-
verb. to be
Derivations
- ᴹ√EƷ “be”
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. ea- “to be; to exist, have being, be found extant in the real world” ✧ PE22/122; PE22/122; PE22/122; PE22/122
Variations
- eʒe ✧ PE22/122
- eñe ✧ PE22/122
inik
root. *idea
Derivatives
Variations
- INK ✧ Ety/INK
- INIK? ✧ Ety/INK
ī
root. to be
A root mentioned in Primitive Quendian Structure: Final Consonants from 1936 as the basis for the 1930s genitive suffix ᴹQ. -n. In later writings, the Quenya genitive suffix became Q. -o, and the dative suffix -n was given a new etymology from √NA/ANA, so likely ᴹ√ENE fell out of Tolkien’s favor for this particular use.