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Middle Primitive Elvish

rag

root. *crooked

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶ragnā “crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG
    • On. ragna “crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG
    • N. rhaen “crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RAG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

reg

root. edge, border, margin

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “edge, border, margin” with derivatives like ᴹQ. réna of similar meaning and N. rhain “border” (Ety/REG). ᴹ√REG replaced a rejected variant ᴹ√RAG (EtyAC/REG). The root is evident in only one name: N. {Duil Rain >>} Emyn Rhain “Border Hills” in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/268, 313), called S. Emyn Muil “Drear Hills” in the published version of The Lord of the Rings (LotR/373; RC/334).

Changes

  • RAG → REG ✧ Ety/REG

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. réna “edge, border, margin” ✧ Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG
  • N. rhain “border” ✧ Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG

Variations

  • RAG ✧ EtyAC/REG (RAG)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG] Group: Eldamo. Published by