snag

root. wound, gash

A root appearing in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the early 1950s, first as √(S)NAG “wound” (PE19/92 note #110) and then as √SNAG “wound, gash” in red-ink revisions made in 1959, ultimately having derivatives like Q. nahte/S. naedh “wounding, wound” (P19/91). It might be a later iteration of ᴱ√SṆKṆ “rend, tear” from Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivative ᴱQ. sanka “rend, jab” (QL/85). This early root was apparently confused with ᴱ√ÞṆKṆ “✱hate”; see that entry for discussion.

Derivatives

• ✶snagdē “a wounding, a wound” ✧ PE19/091
  • Nan. snād “a wounding, a wound” ✧ PE19/091
  • Q. nahte “wounding, wound” ✧ PE19/091
  • S. naedh “wounding, wound” ✧ PE19/091
  • T. natte “a wounding, a wound” ✧ PE19/091
• Q. nahta- “to slay; to hurt, injure, wound, to slay, [ᴱQ.] slay cruelly; [Q.] to hurt, injure, wound” ✧ PE19/091
• Q. nahte “wounding, wound” ✧ PE19/092
• S. naedh “wounding, wound” ✧ PE19/092
• T. natte “a wounding, a wound” ✧ PE19/092

Variations

• (S)NAG ✧ PE19/092 ((S)NAG)

keg

noun. snag, barb

Derivatives

• ✶keglē “fence or palisade of spikes or sharp stakes” ✧ UT/282
  • S. cail “fence, palisade of spikes or sharp stakes” ✧ UT/282
• ✶kegyā “hedge” ✧ UT/282
  • S. cai “hedge” ✧ UT/282

Variations

• keg- ✧ UT/282