kap

root. leap, leap, [ᴱ√] spring

This root appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “leap” (Ety/KAP), and was simply a later iteration of ᴱ√KAPA “leap, spring” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/45). The root appeared in various other places in the 1920s (PE14/66), 30s (PE19/42) and 40s (PE22/102), always with the same meaning. The root itself did not appear in Tolkien’s later writing, but his continued use of derivatives like S. cabed “leap” (S/224) and S. cáfru “✱flea” < ✶kamprū (PE17/131) indicate its continued validity.

Derivatives

• ✶kamprū “*flea”
  • ᴺQ. campo “flea”
  • S. cáfru “?flea” ✧ PE17/131
• ᴺQ. capanda “jump”
• ᴹQ. kapta- “to make spring, scatter” ✧ PE19/042
• ᴺQ. carpo “frog”
• ᴺQ. hapta- “to eject, ejaculate”
• ᴹQ. kap- “to leap, to leap, [ᴱQ.] jump” ✧ PE22/102
• S. cab- “to leap, to leap, [G.] jump”
• N. cabor “frog” ✧ Ety/KAP

Element in

• ᴺQ. capta- “to make spring, scatter, [ᴱQ.] startle”
• ᴺS. cotha- “to startle”