caw

noun. top

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “top” derived under the root ᴹ√KAS “head” (Ety/KAS). It is probably derived from primitive ✱kāsa, with long ā becoming au as usual, and intervocalic s becoming h and then vanishing.

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies, N. caw replaced a deleted word N. câs “top, summit; beginning” (EtyAC/KAS). Early Noldorin word lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. câ “top” (PE13/121, 140), probably of similar origin.

caw

noun. top

peng

noun. bow (for shooting)

rhaen

adjective. crooked

rhaen

adjective. crooked

rhoeg

adjective. crooked, bent, wrong