A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with no derivatives (Ety/SLUK).
Middle Primitive Elvish
lak
root. swallow
Changes
LANG→ LANK ✧ Ety/LANKLAK¹→ LAK¹ “devour, swallow” ✧ Ety/LAK¹Derivatives
Element in
- N. tarlanc “stiff-necked, obstinate” ✧ Ety/TÁRAG
Variations
- LANK ✧ Ety/LAK¹; Ety/LANK; Ety/TÁRAG
- LANG ✧ Ety/LANK (
LANG)
lak
root. swift
lank
root. swallow
(a)lak
root. swift, rushing
Derivatives
Variations
- LAK² ✧ Ety/ÁLAK; Ety/LAK²
- ÁLAK ✧ Ety/ÁNAK; Ety/NAK; EtyAC/ÁLAK; EtyAC/LAK²
- ALAK ✧ PE18/050
sluk
root. swallow
Derivatives
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “swallow” with variant ᴹ√LANK and derivatives ᴹQ. lanko/N. lhanc “throat” (Ety/LAK¹, LANK), the latter an element in N. tarlanc “stiff-necked, obstinate” (Ety/TÁRAG). This last word was changed to S. tarlang in Tolkien’s later writings (PE17/92; RC/536), consistent with an earlier but rejected form ᴹ√LANG for ᴹ√LANK in The Etymologies (Ety/LANK).
In later writings, Q. lango/S. lang meant “neck” rather than “throat”, so it is tempting to retain ᴹ√LAK for “throat” and other swallow-words. But it would be very confusing to have such similar but unrelated words for “neck” and “throat”, so I recommend using the root ᴹ√SLUK for “swallow” instead, and Q. lango, S. lang for both “neck” and “throat”.