taug

adjective. firm

adj. firm, strong, ?withstand. Q. tauka stiff, wooden.

taug

adjective. firm, strong, (?withstand)

Cognates

• Q. tauca “stiff, wooden” ✧ PE17/115

Derivations

• √TAW “wood” ✧ PE17/115

Element in

• ᴺS. taugla- “to resist”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√TAW > taug	[tauka] > [tauk] > [taug]	✧ PE17/115

tangada

make firm

(confirm, establish) (i dangada, i thangadar)

tanc

firm

(adj.) tanc (lenited danc; pl. tainc)

tanc

firm

(lenited danc; pl. tainc)

thala

firm

1) thala (steady, stalwart), pl. ?theili, 2) thand (true, abiding), pl. thaind (VT46:16; notice that the forms “thenid” and “thenin” in LR:388 s.v. STAN represent misreadings of Tolkiens manuscript).

thala

firm

(steady, stalwart), pl. ?theili

thand

firm

(true, abiding), pl. thaind (VT46:16; notice that the forms “thenid” and “thenin” in LR:388 s.v. STAN represent misreadings of Tolkien’s manuscript).