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
carach
noun. jaws
Derivations
- ᴹ√KARAK “sharp fang, spike, tooth”
Element in
- N. Carach Angren “Jaws of Iron” ✧ SD/033
Variations
- Carach ✧ SD/033
corch
noun. crow
corch
noun. crow
Changes
carach→ corch “crow” ✧ Ety/KARKACognates
- ᴹQ. korko “crow” ✧ Ety/KARKA; Ety/KARKA
Derivations
- ᴹ√KORKA “crow” ✧ Ety/KARKA; Ety/KARKA
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KORKA > corch [korka] > [korkʰa] > [korxa] > [korx] ✧ Ety/KARKA Variations
- carach ✧ Ety/KARKA (
carach)
anc
noun. jaw, row of teeth
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
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “crow” derived from the root ᴹ√KORKA of the same meaning, replacing rejected N. carach derived from ᴹ√KARKA (Ety/KARKA).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. crunc “crow”, probably related to G. crug “beak” (GL/27) and possibly also to ᴱQ. karon “crow” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/45). The forms crunc and crwnc “crow” appeared in Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document (PE13/111), and ᴱN. crunc “crow” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/141). The word ᴱN. corch also appeared in the same Early Noldorin Word-lists, but was unglossed, so it is not clear whether it was connected to 1930s N. corch “crow”.