A noun for “jaw” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶nakma (✱“bite-thing”) under the root ᴹ√NAK “bite” (NAK). This word remains phonologically plausible in Sindarin, with ancient k vocalizing to i and the resulting diphthong ai become ae, after which the m became v > w; see VT42/26 for a description of the basic phonetic changes. However, naew might have been displaced conceptually by anc “jaw”, which appeared in a number of later Sindarin names and whose Quenya cognate Q. anca appeared in The Lord of the Rings Appendix E.
Noldorin
anc
noun. jaw, row of teeth
anc
noun. jaw, row of teeth
Cognates
- ᴹQ. anka “jaw, row of teeth” ✧ Ety/ÁNAK; Ety/NAK
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶an-kā́ > anc [aŋkā] > [aŋka] > [aŋk] ✧ Ety/NAK Variations
- Anc ✧ Ety/ÁLAK
naew
noun. jaw
naew
noun. jaw
Cognates
- ᴹQ. nangwa “jaw” ✧ Ety/NAK
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶nakma > naew [nakma] > [nagma] > [naŋma] > [naima] > [naim] > [naem] > [naev] > [naew] ✧ Ety/NAK
lhîr
noun. row, range
lhîr
noun. row
Derivations
Element in
- N. oeglir “range of mountain peaks” ✧ Ety/LIR²
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. līre > lhîr [līre] > [līr] > [l̥īr] ✧ Ety/LIR² Variations
- lhîr ✧ Ety/LIR²
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “jaw, row of teeth” derived from the root ᴹ√(A)NAK “bite” (Ety/ÁNAK, NAK). The continued appearance of words like Anfauglir “Jaws of Thirst” (S/180) and its Quenya cognate Q. anca (LotR/1123) indicate its ongoing validity.
Conceptual Development: G. gag “jaw” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/37) might be a conceptual precursor.