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Middle Primitive Elvish

yak

root. *neck

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. yat/N. iaeth “neck” (Ety/YAK). It might also be the basis for later Sindarin S. iach “ford” as in S. Arossiach “Ford(s) of Aros” (S/121, WJ/338).

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶yakta- “neck” ✧ Ety/YAK
    • ᴹQ. yat “neck, neck; [ᴱQ.] isthmus” ✧ Ety/YAK
    • N. iaeth “neck” ✧ Ety/YAK
  • ᴹQ. yatta “narrow neck, isthmus, (narrow) neck, isthmus; *(lit.) joining” ✧ Ety/YAK
  • S. iach “ford”
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