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Middle Primitive Elvish

ragnā

adjective. crooked

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RAG “*crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG

Derivatives

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

skwar

root. crooked

This root appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as ᴹ√SKWAR “crooked” with derivatives like ᴹQ. hwarin “crooked” and Dan. swarn “perverse, obstinate, hard to deal with” (Ety/SKWAR). In red-ink revisions to the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s Tolkien decided that the initial combination skw- was not possible (PE19/78 and note #51). For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, this root might be salvaged by assuming its actual form was ᴺ√SWAR.

Derivatives

  • Dan. swarn “perverse, obstinate, hard to deal with” ✧ Ety/SKWAR
  • ᴹQ. hwarin “crooked” ✧ Ety/SKWAR
  • ᴹQ. hwarma “crossbar” ✧ Ety/SKWAR
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SKWAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by