lingi

root. hang

(g)lingi

root. hang

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hang” and acting as an alternate explanation of ᴹQ. Laurelin, usually interpreted as “Song of Gold” but also meaning “Hanging Flame” as reflected in its Noldorin name Glingal (Ety/GLING, LIN², LING). The continued appearance of S. Glingal in later versions of The Silmarillion indicates this root likely remained valid (S/126).

A pair of forms ᴱQ. kinka- “to hang (intr.)” and ᴱQ. kinkata- “hang (tr.)” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s imply the existence of a root ᴱ√KINIKI, which may be a precursor to ᴹ√(G)LINGI.

Changes

• GLING → GLING “hang” ✧ Ety/GLING

Derivatives

• ᴹQ. linga- “to hang, dangle” ✧ Ety/GLING; Ety/LING; EtyAC/LING
• ᴺQ. lingil “hanger, hook (for clothes)”
• N. gling- “to hang, dangle” ✧ Ety/GLING; Ety/LING
• N. Glingal “Hanging Flame” ✧ EtyAC/LING

Element in

• ᴹQ. Laurelin “Song of Gold” ✧ Ety/LIN²

Variations

• GLING ✧ Ety/GLING (GLING); Ety/GLING; Ety/LING
• LING ✧ Ety/GLING; Ety/LIN²; EtyAC/LING; EtyAC/LING
• LINGA ✧ Ety/LING
• GILÍNG ✧ EtyAC/GLING (GILÍNG)
• lingi ✧ PE18/066

pipi

root. hang, trail

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “hang, trail”, with derivatives like ᴱQ. pint (pimp-) “tail” and ᴱQ. pipte- “fall (of folds or clusters), hang, trail” (QL/74). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, but I think it is worth retaining as a Neo-Eldarin root to serve as the basis for “tail” words.

Derivatives

• Eq. pint “tail” ✧ QL/074
• Eq. pipte- “to fall (of folds or clusters), hang, trail” ✧ QL/074

kiniki Reconstructed

root. hang

Derivatives

• Eq. kinka- “to hang (intr.)”
• Eq. kinkata- “to hang (tr.)”