Middle Primitive Elvish
mag
root. use, handle
Derivatives
smag
root. soil, stain
Changes
MAG²→ SMAG “soil, stain” ✧ EtyAC/MAG²Derivatives
Variations
- MAG² ✧ EtyAC/MAD; EtyAC/MAG² (
MAG²)
smāgā
noun. soil, stain
Derivations
- ᴹ√SMAG “soil, stain” ✧ Ety/SMAG; EtyAC/MAG²
Derivatives
- N. hmaw “soil, stain” ✧ Ety/SMAG; EtyAC/MAG²
Variations
- māgā ✧ Ety/SMAG
- māga ✧ EtyAC/MAG² (
māga)
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “soil, stain” with derivatives {mael >>} N. hmael “stain; stained” and {maw >>} N. hmaw “soil, stain” (Ety/SMAG; EtyAC/SMAG). Tolkien first gave this root as ᴹ√MAG⁽²⁾ (EtyAC/MAG²).