circa

sickle

circa ("k")noun "sickle" (KIRIK)

circa

noun. sickle

A word for “sickle” in the name Q. Valacirca “Sickle of the Valar”, which is the Quenya name for the constellation of the Great Bear (S/48; MR/166). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, ᴹQ. kirka “sickle” was derived from the root ᴹ√KIRIK (Ety/KIRIK).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s Tolkien had ᴱQ. kalka “sickle” derived from the early root ᴱ√KḶKḶ “gather, collect, reap” (QL/47; PME/47). This corresponds to the earliest Qenya name of the constellation of the Great Bear: ᴱQ. Telpea Kalka “✱Silvern Sickle” (QL/47; PME/47).

Derivations

• ᴹ√KIRIK “*reap”

Element in

• Q. Valacirca “Sickle of the Valar” ✧ S/048

cerch

sickle

cerch (i gerch, o cherch), pl. circh (i chirch)

cerch

sickle

(i gerch, o cherch), pl. circh (i chirch)

cerch

noun. sickle

cerch

noun. sickle

A noun for “sickle” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KIRIK (Ety/KIRIK).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kirka “sickle” ✧ Ety/KIRIK

Derivations

• ᴹ√KIRIK “*reap” ✧ Ety/KIRIK

Element in

• N. Cerch iMbelain “Sickle of the Gods” ✧ Ety/KIRIK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KIRIK > cerch	[kirka] > [kirkʰa] > [kirxa] > [kerxa] > [kerx]	✧ Ety/KIRIK