Quenya 

nassë

thorn, spike

nassë (2) noun "thorn, spike" (NAS). Not to be confused with nassë "(s)he is", VT49:30 or nassë # above. Note that in late material, the unambiguous word necel appears for "thorn" (PE17:55).

necel

thorn

necel ("k") noun "thorn" (PE17:55)

necel

noun. thorn

A word for “thorn” in notes on the Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, derived from the root √NEK having to do with angles (PE17/55).

Derivations

  • NEK “narrow, narrow; *angular, sharp” ✧ PE17/055

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
NEK > nekel[nekel]✧ PE17/055

Variations

  • nekel ✧ PE17/055

Sindarin 

aeg

thorn

(peak, point). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". See also SPINE.

êg

thorn

1) êg (construct eg), pl. îg; 2) rêg (construct reg) (holly), pl. rîg (idh rîg), 3) aeg (peak, point). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". See also SPINE.

êg

thorn

(construct eg), pl. îg

rêg

thorn

(construct reg) (holly), pl. rîg (idh rîg)

ecthel

thorn point

(pl. ecthil). See also

Noldorin 

êg

noun. thorn

Noldorin [Ety/355] Group: SINDICT. Published by

êg

noun. thorn

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “thorn” under the root ᴹ√EK (Ety/EK). In The Etymologies this root was glossed “spear”, but I think this gloss applied only to the extended form of the root √EKTE, because elsewhere √EK had other glosses like “sharp, (sharp) point, thorn” (WJ/365; VT48/25; PE22/127).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, G. eg merely meant “point” (GL/32) while G. aith was “thorn” (GL/18), both from the early root ᴱ√EKE or ᴱ√EHE having to do with points (GL/31; QL/35). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips this became G. aithr “thorn” which also had an archaic sense “†sword” (PE13/108), a word that also appeared as ᴱN. aithr “thorn, [archaic] †sword” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/136).

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√EK “spear, (sharp) point, thorn” ✧ Ety/EK

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√EK > êg[ek] > [eg] > [ēg]✧ Ety/EK

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Gnomish

aith

noun. thorn

Cognates

  • Eq. ekke “thorn”

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ekta “thorn” ✧ GL/18
    • ᴱ√EKE “*point”

Element in

  • G. aitha- “to prick, sting” ✧ GL/18
  • G. aitheb “sharp, piercing”
  • G. aithog “thorny” ✧ GL/18
  • G. aithra “piercing, sharp; thorny” ✧ GL/18
  • G. aithos “thorn bush” ✧ GL/18

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶eχtă- > aith¹[exta] > [ext] > [exθ] > [eiθ] > [aiθ]✧ GL/18

Early Primitive Elvish

ekta

noun. thorn

Derivations

  • ᴱ√EKE “*point”

Derivatives

  • En. aith “thorn, †spear” ✧ PE13/136
  • G. aith “thorn” ✧ GL/18

Element in

Variations

  • eχtă- ✧ GL/18
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/18; PE13/136] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

ekke

noun. thorn

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√EKE “*point” ✧ QL/035

Element in

  • Eq. ektar “hawthorn, thorn” ✧ QL/035
  • Eq. ekkia “thorny” ✧ QL/035

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√EKE > ekke[ekki] > [ekke]✧ QL/035
Early Quenya [PME/035; QL/035] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ehta

noun. thorn

Cognates

  • En. aith “thorn, †spear” ✧ PE13/136

Variations

  • ehta ✧ PE13/136
Early Quenya [PE13/136] Group: Eldamo. Published by