tug

root. *muscle

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. tuo/N. tû “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” and ᴹQ. tunga/N. tong “taut, tight (of strings, resonant)” (Ety/TUG). It was also the basis for the name N. Tuor “strength-vigour”, the only place where this name was given a clear etymology, though later Tolkien decided this name was actually from the language of the Edain (PM/348, 364 note #49).

Derivatives

• ᴹ✶tū “strength” ✧ Ety/TUG
• ᴹ✶tūgu “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” ✧ Ety/TUG
  • Ilk. tû “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” ✧ Ety/TUG
  • ᴹQ. tuo “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” ✧ Ety/TUG
  • On. tūgo “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” ✧ Ety/TUG
  • N. tû “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” ✧ Ety/TUG
• ᴹ✶tungā “taut, tight; resonant (of strings)” ✧ Ety/TUG
  • Ilk. tung “taut, tight; resonant (of strings)” ✧ Ety/TUG
  • ᴹQ. tunga “taut, tight; resonant (of strings)” ✧ Ety/TUG
  • N. tong “taut, tight; resonant (of strings)” ✧ Ety/TUG

Element in

• ᴹ✶Tūgore “strength-vigour” ✧ Ety/GOR

dag

root. dig

A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dig” (Ety/DAG), it may have been a transient replacement for √SAP.

Derivatives

• ᴹ✶dagdā “pit” ✧ EtyAC/DAG
  • N. daudh “pit” ✧ EtyAC/DAG
• ᴹQ. lára “grave” ✧ EtyAC/DAG