Quenya 

tancil

pin, brooch

tancil ("k")noun "pin, brooch" (TAK)

Sindarin 

tachol

pin

(noun) tachol (i dachol, o thachol) (brooch), analogical pl. techyl (i thechyl)

tachol

pin

(i dachol, o thachol) (brooch), analogical pl. techyl (i thechyl)

Noldorin 

tachl

noun. pin, brooch

Noldorin [Ety/389] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tachol

noun. pin, brooch

Noldorin [Ety/389] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Doriathrin

tass

noun. pin

A noun for “pin” derived from primitive ᴹ✶taksē (Ety/TAK), where the [ks] became [ss] because [[ilk|medial voiceless stops became [s] before [s]]] in Ilkorin.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. takse “nail” ✧ Ety/TAK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶taksē “nail, pin” ✧ Ety/TAK
    • ᴹ√TAK “fix, make fast, make” ✧ Ety/TAK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶taksē > tass[taksē] > [takse] > [tasse] > [tass]✧ Ety/TAK
Doriathrin [Ety/TAK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

pieg

noun. pin

A noun for “pin” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/64), clearly related to ᴱQ. piek “pin” (QL/73).

Cognates

Element in

  • G. on iltathi nin pieg “*he stuck me with a pin, (lit.) he stuck in to me a pin” ✧ GL/51
  • G. piectha- “to pin, prick” ✧ GL/64
Gnomish [GL/51; GL/64] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

piek

noun. pin

A word for “pin” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants piek and piet as well as a stem form piekk- (QL/73).

Cognates

Element in

  • Eq. piekta- “to prick, pin-prick” ✧ QL/073
  • Eq. pieksin “brooch” ✧ QL/073

Variations

  • Piek ✧ QL/073
  • piet ✧ QL/073
Early Quenya [QL/073] Group: Eldamo. Published by

piet

noun. pin