A root given as {ᴹ√KHAR >>} ᴹ√KHYAR “left hand” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, associated with ᴹQ. hyarmen/N. harad “south” (Ety/KHYAR). These words for “south” reappeared in The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1115), and the connection between “south” and “left” was reaffirmed in Tolkien’s discussion of the Ambidexters Sentence from the late 1960s, since the Elves aligned the cardinal directions by facing west towards Aman (VT49/6-8).
Middle Primitive Elvish
khar
root. helmet
Derivatives
Element in
- ᴹQ. Eldahar ✧ EtyAC/KHAR
khyar
root. left hand
Changes
KHAR→ KHYAR ✧ Ety/KHYARDerivatives
- Q. hyar- “left-hand, south”
- Q. Hyarantë “Southern Lamp”
- ᴹQ. hyarmen “south, left hand” ✧ Ety/KHYAR; Ety/KHYAR
- ᴹQ. hyarya “left (hand)” ✧ Ety/KHYAR; Ety/KHYAR
- N. heir “left (hand)” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
- N. harad “south” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
- N. harfen “*south-region” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
- S. harn “south, southern”
- N. harn “southern” ✧ Ety/KHYAR
Element in
- ᴹQ. hyarmen “south, left hand” ✧ Ety/MEN
Variations
- KHAR ✧ Ety/KHYAR (
KHAR)
kharan
root. helmet
kharap
root. helmet
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “helmet” with extended forms √KHÁRAP and √KHÁRAN (EtyAC/KHAR); one of its derivatives ᴹQ. Eldahar seems to be a precursor to Q. Eldacar “Elfhelm”. There are many other words for “helmet” in Tolkien’s later writing, and this root was probably abandoned.