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Middle Primitive Elvish

inik

root. *idea

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as ᴹ√INK and ᴹ√INIK, the latter marked with a “?” but probably representing the actual form of the root (Ety/INK). The root was unglossed, but its derivatives all seem to be related to the sense “idea” such as ᴹQ. inka “idea”, ᴹQ. intya [< inkya] “guess, supposition, idea, notion” and N. inc “guess, idea, notion” (Ety/INK; EtyAC/INK). It might be connected to the later root √IN(ID) “mind” from 1957 (PE17/155).

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. inka “idea” ✧ Ety/INK
  • ᴹQ. intya “guess, supposition, idea, notion” ✧ Ety/INK
  • ᴹQ. intya- “to guess, suppose” ✧ Ety/INK
  • N. inc “guess, idea, notion” ✧ Ety/INK
  • ᴺS. inga- “to suppose”

Variations

  • INK ✧ Ety/INK
  • INIK? ✧ Ety/INK
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/INK] Group: Eldamo. Published by