ne

root. *in

A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with a strengthened form ✱ndē̆ serving as the basis for the prefix in N. nestag- “insert”, possibly related to ᴹ√NED “middle” (EtyAC/NĒ̆). The strengthened form may have been replaced by the root ᴹ√(N)DI “in” (EtyAC/NDI), but in later writing ✶ndī was given the meaning “beneath, not touching, under” (PE17/95). Despite the rejection of the root, the verb N. nestag- “insert” remained unmodified under the root ᴹ√STAK (Ety/STAK), and there is further evidence for the ne- prefix in the verb N. neledh- “enter” appearing on the 1936 draft of Thror’s Map from this same time period (TAI/150).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I think it is worth retaining this (Noldorin and Sindarin-only?) prefix ne- “in”.

Derivatives

• ᴹ✶ndē̆- “in, inside” ✧ EtyAC/NĒ̆
• N. ne- “in”

Element in

• On. nestak- “to insert, stick in” ✧ EtyAC/NĒ̆ (ne-stak-)

Variations

• NĒ̆ ✧ EtyAC/NĒ̆ (NĒ̆)

nē

adverb. was; then, ago

Derivatives

• ᴹQ. ná- “to be” ✧ PE22/096
• ᴹQ. né “ago” ✧ PE22/096

Element in

• ᴹ✶-nē “past suffix” ✧ PE22/096

Variations

• nḗ ✧ PE22/096

nĕ

suffix. ?genitive

Derivations

• ᴹ√ENE “?genitive” ✧ PE21/59

ene

root. ?genitive

A root mentioned in Primitive Quendian Structure: Final Consonants from 1936 as the basis for the 1930s genitive suffix ᴹQ. -n. In later writings, the Quenya genitive suffix became Q. -o, and the dative suffix -n was given a new etymology from √NA/ANA, so likely ᴹ√ENE fell out of Tolkien’s favor for this particular use.

Derivatives

• ᴹ✶nĕ “?genitive” ✧ PE21/59
• ᴹQ. -n “genitive suffix” ✧ PE21/59

ndē̆-

prefix. in, inside

Derivations

• ᴹ√NE “*in” ✧ EtyAC/NĒ̆

ē

root. to be

(n)di

root. in

Derivatives

• N. di “in” ✧ EtyAC/NDI

Variations

• NDI/DI ✧ EtyAC/NDI

imi

root. in

yē

root. to be

Changes

• YE → Ē “to be” ✧ PE22/122

Derivatives

• ᴹQ. ye- “to be” ✧ PE22/123
• ᴹQ. -ie “stative suffix” ✧ EtyAC/YĒ

Variations

• Ī ✧ EtyAC/YĒ
• I ✧ PE18/060
• YE ✧ PE18/084 (YE); PE22/123 (YE)

eʒ-

verb. to be

Derivations

• ᴹ√EƷ “be”

Derivatives

• ᴹQ. ea- “to be; to exist, have being, be found extant in the real world” ✧ PE22/122; PE22/122; PE22/122; PE22/122

Variations

• eʒe ✧ PE22/122
• eñe ✧ PE22/122

mī/imi

root. in, inside

Derivatives

• ᴹ√IMBE “dell, deep vale”
  • ᴹQ. imbe “dell, deep vale, ravine, glen” ✧ EtyAC/IMBE
  • N. imm “dell, deep vale” ✧ EtyAC/IMBE
• ᴹQ. imbe “in(wards)” ✧ EtyAC/IMÍ
• ᴹQ. mi “in, within” ✧ Ety/MI
• ᴹQ. minna “into, to the inside” ✧ Ety/MI
• ᴹQ. mir “to the inside, into” ✧ Ety/MI
• ᴹQ. mitta “inwards, (?into)” ✧ EtyAC/MI
• ᴹQ. mitya “interior” ✧ Ety/MI
• N. minna- “to enter” ✧ EtyAC/MI

Variations

• MI ✧ Ety/MI; EtyAC/MI
• IMÍ ✧ EtyAC/IMÍ
• MĪ ✧ EtyAC/IMÍ; EtyAC/MI
• imi ✧ EtyAC/NDI
• mi ✧ EtyAC/NDI

ī

root. to be

ta

root. that

Derivatives

• ᴹ✶tad “thither” ✧ Ety/TA
  • ᴹQ. tar “thither, beyond” ✧ Ety/TA; PE19/052; PE21/58
  • On. tō “thither” ✧ PE19/052; PE21/58
• ᴹQ. ta “that, it” ✧ Ety/TA
• ᴹQ. tana “that (anaphoric)” ✧ Ety/TA
• On. tō “thither” ✧ Ety/TA

Element in

• ᴹ√TAN “*show” ✧ PE18/033; PE18/060