pata-

walk

pata- vb. "walk" (PE17:34)

vanta

walk

vanta (2) noun "walk" (BAT)

pata-

verb. to walk, to walk, *stroll; [ᴱQ.] to rap, tap (of feet)

Cognates

• S. pad- “to step, walk” ✧ PE17/034

Derivations

• √PAT “*step, walk”

Element in

• ᴺQ. nópata- “to precede, (lit.) to walk before”

vanta-

to walk

vanta- (1) vb. "to walk" (BAT)

londa

path

[londa noun "path"], changed by Tolkien to londë noun "road (in sea)" (VT45:28)

tier

path

tier is, besides the pl. form of tië "path" above, an ephemeral word for "so", abandoned by Tolkien in favour of tambë (VT43:17)

tië

path, course, line, direction, way

tië noun "path, course, line, direction, way" (TE3, VT47:11); pl. tier in Namárië(Nam, RGEO:67); tielyanna "upon your path" (UT:22 cf. 51; tie-lya-nna "path-your-upon")

pat

noun. step

Derivations

• √PAT “*step, walk”

pad-

walk

_ v. _walk, step. Q. pata-. >> Tharbad

padra-

walk

_ v. _walk. >> pad-

pada-

verb. to walk

padra-

verb. to walk

pad-

verb. to step, walk

Cognates

• Q. pata- “to walk, to walk, *stroll; [ᴱQ.] to rap, tap (of feet)” ✧ PE17/034

Derivations

• √PAT “*step, walk”

Element in

• S. aphad- “to follow”
• S. padra- “to walk” ✧ PE17/034
• S. Tharbad “Crossway, Crossing” ✧ PE17/034

lond

noun. narrow path or strait

lond

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

lonn

noun. narrow path or strait

lonn

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

pâd

a step

_ n. _a step (action).

pada

walk

(i bada, i phadar)

pada

walk

(on a track or path) pada- (i bada, i phadar)

pada

walk

(on a track or path) pada- (i bada, i phadar)

bâd

pathway

(i vâd, construct bad) (beaten track), pl. baid (i maid).

fû Speculative

noun. path

Element in

• S. Fui ’Ngorthrim “Paths of the Dead” ✧ RC/526

imrad

path

(between mountains, hills or through trackless forest) imrad (pass), pl. imraid.

imrad

path

(pass), pl. imraid.

râd

path

râd (track), construct rad, pl. raid (idh raidh).

râd

path

(track), construct rad, pl. raid (idh raidh).

bat- Reconstructed

verb. to walk

A hypothetical verb, perhaps meaning “walk”, that may appear as an element in the noun batân “road, path, way”.

Derivations

• ᴹ√BAT “tread”

Element in

• Ad. batân “road, path, way”

del

root. walk, go, proceed, travel

This root appears in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 with the sense “walk, go, proceed, travel” (WJ/360). Its derivatives were S. Edhel “Elf” and Q. †Eldo which blended with Elda “Elf”, both originally with the sense “one who goes” (✶edelō): those who left lake Cuiviénen to travel to Valinor. It is also the basis of several words meaning “to go”: T. delia- and Q. lelya-.

Many of Quenya derivatives of this root actually derive from an inversion √LED of the original √DEL. According to the Quendi and Eldar essay, this inversion only occurred in Quenya (WJ/363). In earlier writings like The Etymologies, however, ᴹ√LED “go, fare, travel” was the basic root in all languages. It seems that Tolkien revised ᴹ√LED >> √DEL, preserving √LED only as a Quenya variant. The strongest sign of this change was Tolkien’s consistent alteration of N. Eledh >> S. Edhel.

This leaves open the question of what happened to the other non-Quenya derivatives of ᴹ√LED, such as S. edlen(n) “exile”. It is possible that they were transferred to a new root √LEN, which was the basis for S. lembas “way bread” (PE17/60).

Derivatives

• ✶delya- “walk, go, proceed, travel” ✧ WJ/360
  • T. delia- “to go, proceed” ✧ WJ/360
• ✶edelō “one who goes, traveller, migrant, marcher” ✧ WJ/360; WJ/363
  • Q. Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” ✧ PE17/152
  • S. Ell “Elf” ✧ PE17/141
    • S. Elleth “Elf-maid” ✧ PE17/141
    • S. Ellon “Elf-man” ✧ PE17/141
  • Q. Eldo “one of the Marchers” ✧ WJ/363
  • S. Edhel “Elf” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/152; WJ/360
  • T. Ello “Elf” ✧ WJ/362; WJ/360
• Q. lelta- “to send, *(lit.) cause to go”

Variations

• DELE ✧ WJ/360
• DEL ✧ WJ/363
• del ✧ WJ/363
• Dele ✧ WJ/392

delya-

verb. walk, go, proceed, travel

Derivations

• √DEL “walk, go, proceed, travel” ✧ WJ/360

Derivatives

• T. delia- “to go, proceed” ✧ WJ/360

Variations

• del-ja ✧ WJ/360

pat Reconstructed

root. *step, walk

Based on words like Q. pata-/S. pad- “walk” and S. pâd “step; track, road” (PE17/34), it seems Tolkien imagined a root ✱√PAT = “walk” or “step” in his later conception of the languages. This was probably a later iteration of unglossed ᴱ√PATA from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. pata- “rap, tap (of feet)”, ᴱQ. patake “clatter”, and ᴱQ. patinka “shoe, slipper” (QL/72). Tolkien compared this early root to ᴱ√PETE which had derivatives like ᴱQ. pete- “knock, strike” (QL/73), so likely ᴱ√PATA¹ = “tap” (light) vs. ᴱ√PETE = “knock” (heavy). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon this root had derivatives like G. padra- “walk”, with a much clear connection Tolkien’s later ideas from the 1950s and 1960s. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, Tolkien gave N. pâd as an element Tharbad, whose gloss is unclear but seems to be “?Crossway” (Ety/THAR); this might indicate some continuity of thought between 1910s ᴱ√PATA¹ “✱tap” and 1950s/60s ✱√PAT “walk”.

The root ᴹ√PAT did appear in its own entry in The Etymologies of the 1930s, but it had derivatives like ᴹQ. panta-/N. panna- “to open” (Ety/PAT), making it more likely a continuation of ᴱ√PATA² or ᴱ√PṆTṆ “open, spread out, show” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, which coexisted with ᴱ√PATA¹ “✱tap” (QL/72). See the entry on ᴹ√PAT for further discussion.

Derivatives

• ✶pat(a) “track, road, way; ford”
  • S. pâd “a step (action); track, road; ford, a step (action); track, road; ford; [N.] way” ✧ PE17/034; PE17/034
• ᴺQ. pat “step”
• ᴺQ. pat- “to step, take a (single) step”
• Q. pata- “to walk, to walk, *stroll; [ᴱQ.] to rap, tap (of feet)”
• ᴺQ. patinca “slipper, shoe”
• ᴺQ. patu- “to step to it, start off, start walking”
• S. pad- “to step, walk”
• N. pâd “?way”

Element in

• ✶ap-pata “to walk behind on a track or path”
• ᴺQ. pattal “hoof”

râd

noun. path, track

lond

noun. narrow path or strait

lond

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

lonn

noun. narrow path or strait

lonn

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven

lonn

noun. path

lhonn

noun. narrow path or strait

lhonn

noun. entrance to harbour, land-locked haven