et

root. out, forth

The various roots for “out” retained similar forms in Tolkien’s development of the Elvish languages. The earliest such roots were ᴱ√ERE and ᴱ√ESE “out” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/36). Tolkien wrote a Ð above ᴱ√ERE indicating its true form was ᴱ√EÐE, as confirmed by Gnomish derivatives like G. edh “outside, near borders of, near, hard by, beside” (GL/31). This root became ᴹ√ET “out, forth” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/ET) and it continued to appear with this form and meaning in Tolkien’s later writings (PE17/152, 167; PE18/88; PE21/70; VT48/25).

et

preposition. out (of), forth

et-kelē

noun. spring, issue of water

et-pel

noun. outer fence

etkat-

verb. to form, (lit.) out-shape, to form, [ᴹ✶] fashion, [✶] (lit.) out-shape

etkoiru-

verb. to come to life

etkuinu-

verb. to awake, wake up

etlendā

adjective. exiled

ettul-

verb. to come out, issue

et-kel

verb. spring out (of water)

et-koiru/et-koilu

verb. come to life

et-kuinu

verb. awake, wake up

enet

root. *one more

A root with the sense “one more” that is an extension of √EN “again”, introduced by Tolkien in his discussion of Elvish numerals from documents written in 1968 (VT47/15-16; VT48/25). One interesting use of this root is in the derivation of the word yunquenta, an alternate word for “thirteen” literally meaning “twelve and one more” = yunque + enta (VT47/15).

ñ(g)et

root. catch, get

ektel-

verb. to spring out (of water), spurt out, gush

koiru

verb. come to life