lath

root. string, thong

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “string, thong”, with derivatives like ᴹQ. latta “strap” and N. lhath “thong of (?leather)”, the last gloss being somewhat unclear (Ety/LATH).

Derivatives

• ᴹQ. latta “strap” ✧ Ety/LATH
• N. haglath “sling” ✧ Ety/LATH
• N. lhath “thong of (?leather)” ✧ Ety/LATH

Element in

• N. haglath “sling” ✧ Ety/KHAT

Variations

• LATH/LAT ✧ Ety/LATH

yen

root. year

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “year” with derivatives like ᴹQ. yén/N. în “year” (Ety/YEN). Tolkien’s ongoing use of words like Q. yén and S. ínias “annals” indicate its ongoing validity (LotR/377; MR/200), but in Quenya at least the meaning shifted to that of an “Elvish long year”, equal to 144 solar years (LotR/1107; MR/471; NM/84).

Derivatives

• Q. yén “Elvish long year (144 solar years)”
• ᴹQ. yén “year” ✧ Ety/YEN
• N. ennin “Valian year” ✧ Ety/YEN
• N. idhrin “year, *(lit.) year-circle” ✧ Ety/RIN
• S. în “year”
• N. în “year” ✧ Ety/YEN

Element in

• ᴹ✶atyēnar “anniversary day” ✧ Ety/YEN
• ᴹ✶yenpanta “aged, long-lived” ✧ Ety/YEN
• ᴹ✶yenrinde “year” ✧ Ety/YEN
• ᴹQ. yenya “last year” ✧ Ety/YA
• N. ingem “old (in mortal sense), suffering from old age, decrepit, (lit.) year-sick” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ
• N. ifant “aged, having lived long, (lit.) year-full” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Variations

• YEN ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ; Ety/GENG-WĀ; Ety/LEP; Ety/RIN; Ety/YA; Ety/YEN

yenrinde

noun. year

Derivatives

• N. idhrin “year, *(lit.) year-circle” ✧ Ety/YEN

Variations

• ı̯en-rinde ✧ Ety/YEN
• ien-rinde ✧ EtyAC/YEN