The unglossed root ᴱ√DẎṆTṆ appeared in the Qenya Lexicon with derivatives like ᴱQ. yanta “large” and ᴱQ. yanta- “enlarge, increase, add to”; Tolkien also wrote and then erased a note saying “or ẎṆTṆ” (QL/106). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon Tolkien gave primitive yṇt as the basis for words like G. gant “larger, greater, more; (lit.) increased” and G. gantha “more” (GL/37). The superlative forms ᴱN. diant “most” and ᴱN. -iant from the Early Noldorin Grammar from the 1920s were probably related. I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root √GYANTA “(en)large, increase” to salvage some of these early words.
Early Primitive Elvish
yḷtḷ
root. *join
Derivatives
yṇtṇ
root. *(en)large, increase
Variations
- yṇt ✧ GL/37
- DẎṆTṆ ✧ QL/106
Derivatives
- ᴱ✶yn̄t “large” ✧ QL/106
- Eq. yanta “large” ✧ QL/106
- Eq. yanta- “to add to, enlarge, increase, augment” ✧ GL/37; QL/106
- En. diant “most”
- G. gam(m)a- “to gain, profit, increase; to be profitable, bring in revenue”
- G. gant “larger, greater, more, (lit.) increased” ✧ GL/37
- G. gantha “more” ✧ GL/37
- En. -iant “superlative ending”
- G. intha- “to join to (intr.), add, increase, add to” ✧ GL/37
leqe
root. *join
An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. lekte- “join together, dovetail, fit in, splice” and ᴱQ. leqet “joint” (QL/53) so perhaps meaning something like “*join”. There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.
Derivatives
The unglossed root ᴱ√YḶTḶ appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a variation of ᴱ√ẎATA “join”, possibly via L infix, having a single derivative ᴱQ. yalta “yoke” (QL/106). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, the words G. galt “yoke” and G. ilt- “to yoke, join” are almost certainly related (GL/37, 50). In the 1930s, the words ᴹQ. yanta/N. iant were used for “yoke” as derivatives of ᴹ√YAT (Ety/YAT), but later still Q. yanta/S. iant where used for “bridge” (LotR/1123; SD/129). Thus, I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√YALTA to serve as the basis for “yoke” words.