et

root. out, forth

The various roots for “out” retained similar forms in Tolkien’s development of the Elvish languages. The earliest such roots were ᴱ√ERE and ᴱ√ESE “out” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/36). Tolkien wrote a Ð above ᴱ√ERE indicating its true form was ᴱ√EÐE, as confirmed by Gnomish derivatives like G. edh “outside, near borders of, near, hard by, beside” (GL/31). This root became ᴹ√ET “out, forth” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/ET) and it continued to appear with this form and meaning in Tolkien’s later writings (PE17/152, 167; PE18/88; PE21/70; VT48/25).

Derivatives

• ✶et “out (of), forth”
  • S. ed “out, out of, out, out of, [N.] forth” ✧ WJ/367
• ᴺQ. eccan- “to proclaim, assert, (lit.) forth-call out”
• Q. et “out (of)”
• ᴺQ. etil “ivy”
• ᴺS. edol “ivy”
• ᴺS. edren “outer”
• ᴺS. eth “outside”

Element in

• ✶ektel- “to spring out (of water), spurt out, gush”
• ✶etkuinu- “to awake, wake up”
• ᴺQ. ehten “outlook, sight, view, spectacle”
• ᴺQ. esta “outwards”
• ᴺS. echuia- “to awaken, wake up (intr.)”
• ᴺS. echuida- “to wake up (trans.), waken, rouse”
• S. ephed- “to say out” ✧ PE17/167
• S. estola- “to encamp, *erect tents”
• ᴺS. ethiria- “to flow out”
• ᴺS. ethog- “to lead out, *bring out”
• ᴺS. etholtha- “to extract, make come out”

Variations

• ETE ✧ PE18/088
• et ✧ PE21/70

et

preposition. out (of), forth

Derivations

• √ET “out, forth”

Derivatives

• S. ed “out, out of, out, out of, [N.] forth” ✧ WJ/367

Element in

• ✶etkat- “to form, (lit.) out-shape, to form, [ᴹ✶] fashion, [✶] (lit.) out-shape” ✧ PE17/042
• ✶et-kelē “spring, issue of water”
• ✶etkoiru- “to come to life”
• ✶etlendā “exiled” ✧ PE17/051
• ✶etr- “open (intransitive)” ✧ PE17/045
• S. edraith “rescue, saving” ✧ PE17/038
• S. ethir “mouth of a river, (lit.) outflow” ✧ SA/sîr

Variations

• e(t) ✧ PE17/024