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Early Primitive Elvish

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root. *choose

A hypothetical root explaining words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s such G. thaig “choice” and G. thig- “pick out, select, choose” (GL/72). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

  • G. thaig “choice”
  • G. thig- “to pick out, select, choose”
  • G. thinc “a pick, a choice; a bunch, posy”
Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by