kwam

root. *sick

A root connected to sickness, first appearing as ᴱ√QAMA from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. qáme “sickness, nausea”, ᴱQ. qama- “to be ill, vomit”, G. cwam “ill”, and G. côma “disease, illness” (QL/76; GL/26, 28). It reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as ᴹ√KWAM with derivatives ᴹQ. qáme, N. paw and Ilk. côm “sickness” (Ety/KWAM). It does not appear again in Tolkien’s later writing, but there is nothing contradicting its validity either.

Derivatives

• Ilk. côm “sickness” ✧ Ety/KWAM
• ᴹQ. qáme “sickness, sickness, [ᴱQ.] nausea” ✧ Ety/KWAM
• ᴺQ. quam- “to be ill, vomit”
• ᴺS. pavra- “to ail, be ill”
• N. paw “sickness, sickness, *illness, ailment” ✧ Ety/KWAM

gem

root. *sick

geng

root. *sick