A word for “pin” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants piek and piet as well as a stem form piekk- (QL/73).
Early Quenya
pin
noun. little thing, mite
Cognates
- G. pim “bead, any small round thing, seed”
Derivations
- ᴱ√PINI “*small” ✧ QL/073
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√PINI > pin [pin] ✧ QL/073 Variations
- pink ✧ QL/073
pirin
noun. thin rod, pin
Derivations
- ᴱ√PIRI “*spin” ✧ QL/074
Element in
- Eq. pirindea “cylindrical” ✧ QL/074
- Eq. pirindi qitimar “*knitting needles” ✧ QL/078
- Eq. pirinumbe “cylinder (hollow)” ✧ QL/074
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√PIRI > pirin [pirind] > [pirin] ✧ QL/074
pink
noun. little thing, mite
piek
noun. pin
Cognates
- G. pieg “pin”
Element in
Variations
- Piek ✧ QL/073
- piet ✧ QL/073
piet
noun. pin
pieksin
noun. brooch
takse
noun. nail
tas
noun. nail
Derivations
- ᴱ√TAKA “fix, fasten, stick” ✧ QL/088
Element in
- Eq. peltas “pivot” ✧ QL/073
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TAKA > tas [taks] > [tas] ✧ QL/088 Variations
- takse ✧ PE15/75
A word appearing as ᴱQ. pirin (pirind-) “thin rod, pin” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√PIRI having to do with cylinders and spinning (QL/74).
Neo-Quenya: In 1959 Tolkien gave a new meaning to the root √PIR as “close eyes, blink, wink” (PE17/146), but I believe this was a transient idea; see that entry for details. As such, I use the Neo-Root ᴺ√PIR with its earlier meaning “cylinder” and would use this to salvage ᴺQ. pirin “thin rod, pin”.