Early Quenya
ank
noun. loop, handle, ring
Derivations
- ᴱ√ṆQṆ “*ear” ✧ QL/031; QL/098
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ᵁNQᵁN > ank [ṇ̄kʷ] > [aŋkʷ] > [aŋk] ✧ QL/031 ᴱ√(U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ¹ > ank [ṇ̄kʷ] > [aŋkʷ] > [aŋk] ✧ QL/098
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “loop, handle, ring” for holding something, derived from the early root ᴱ√ᵁNQᵁN having to do with ears (QL/31, 98). Tolkien considered transferring it to the root ᴱ√AQA “grasp, hold” (QL/31).